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<p style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family:
tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #002b3e;"><strong>Dhanaraj
Thakur</strong></span> (he/him) <span style="color:
#cfcaca;">|</span> Research Director<br>
</span><span style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><span
style="color: #373634;">Center for Democracy &
Technology</span> <span style="color: #cfcaca;">|</span><strong> <span
style="color: #5ac6f2;"><a style="color: #5ac6f2;"
href="https://cdt.org/" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">cdt.org</a></span></strong><br>
</span><span style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><strong><span
style="color: #5ac6f2;">E:</span></strong> <a
href="mailto:dthakur@cdt.org" target="_blank"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">dthakur@cdt.org</a> <span
style="color: #cfcaca;">|</span> <strong><span
style="color: #5ac6f2;">P:</span></strong> +1 202 407 8849
</span><span style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;"><span
style="color: #cfcaca;">|</span> @thakurdhanaraj</span></p>
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