# Dawn Hawkins

> Founder and advocate building the technology to defend human dignity. Nearly 20 years fighting sexual exploitation at the intersection of technology, policy, and law — champion of the federal TAKE IT DOWN Act.

Dawn Hawkins is a founder, advocate, and systems-change leader. She led the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, championed the federal TAKE IT DOWN Act, and drove 120+ corporate policy changes at companies including Google, Apple, and Meta. Today she builds the infrastructure to stop image-based sexual abuse as founder and CEO of Protect Privacy AI and founder of the Digital Identity Foundation, and advises platforms and lawmakers on online child safety and AI.

## Pages

- [Home](/): About Dawn Hawkins, her work upstream to defend human dignity, writing, speaking, and current projects.

## Optional

- [Protect Privacy AI](https://www.protectprivacy.ai/): AI-powered detection and automated takedowns for image-based sexual abuse.
- [Digital Identity Foundation](https://www.digitalidentityfoundation.org/): Nonprofit advancing research, education, and policy on control of your own image and identity.
- [Substack](https://substack.com/@dawnhawkins33): Newsletters The Consent Layer and Childproofed.
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawn-hawkins-84575917/): Professional updates and writing.