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Robert is one of the founding directors of Privaterra - an ongoing project of the SAGE Charitable foundation that works with non governmental organizations to assist them with issues of data privacy, secure communications, information security, Internet Governance and Internet Freedom. He is often invited to speak at events to share the challenges being faced by social justice organizations in regards to surveillance, censorship and privacy.

Robert was actively involved in the the UN World Summit - being an active member of civil society bureau, the internet governance caucus as well as being the NGO advisor to the official Canadian Government delegation.

He advises numerous non-profits, foundations and international organizations, including Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), Taking IT Global, DiploFoundation's Internet Governance and Policy Capacity Building Programme, Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) and The Open Net Initiative - to name a few.