Ashkhen Kazaryan

Fellow for the First Amendment

Ashkhen Kazaryan is a fellow for the First Amendment at Freedom Forum. She specializes in digital free speech, artificial intelligence and the intersection of constitutional rights and technology. She is also a senior fellow at Stand Together, spearheading initiatives to defend free speech online and advocate for innovation. Previously, Kazaryan served as Meta’s content regulation lead for North America and Latin America and policy lead on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Before that she served as the director of civil liberties at TechFreedom. While attending Yale Law School, Kazaryan served as an articles editor for the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism, senior editor for the Yale Law & Policy Review, editor for the Yale Journal of Law & Technology, and co-chair of the Public Interest Fellowship. Her insights and expertise are regularly sought out by major news outlets including Axios, the BBC, CNBC, FOX DC, Newsy, Politico, The Information and the Washington Examiner.

Ashkhen Kazaryan

Affiliations

  • Senior Fellow, Free Speech and Peace, Stand Together

Education

  • Specialist in Law, Lomonosov Moscow State University
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.), Yale Law School