About the IAPP

Antonella Zarra is an expert in AI policy and platform regulation currently serving as a Case Handler Officer at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect) in Brussels. Within the Digital Services Act (DSA) Enforcement team, she focuses on content moderation and the risks posed by online platforms’ algorithms (including generative AI and recommender systems). She is a lecturer in digital platform regulation at IE University in Madrid and she is pursuing a PhD in Law and Economics at the University of Hamburg, exploring the role of AI experimental governance. 

Previously, Antonella worked as a part of Meta’s AI team, where she coordinated the policy prototyping program Open Loop, focusing on the AI Act. Her experience also includes research for international institutions at the Brussels-based think tank CEPS. She holds a MSc in Economics of International Institutions from Bocconi University.