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EDUCATION_________________________________________________________________

2021-Ongoing   

           PhD, Communication

           Annenberg School of Communication

           University of Southern California

           Degree expected: May 2026 

• Committee: Manuel Castells (Co-Chair), Hernan Galperin (Co-Chair), Nicholas J. Cull, Jonathan Aronson, Paola Ricaurte (Tecnológico de Monterrey / Berkman Klein Center) 

2015-2016   

          MSc, Social Science of the Internet

          Oxford Internet Institute

          University of Oxford

• Distinctions in Online Metrics and Measurements and Technology & Regulation 

2014-2015   

           MPP, Public Policy

           Blavatnik School of Government

           University of Oxford

• Distinction in Foundations of Government
• Chevening Scholar 

2005-2009  

          Law Degree

          Faculty of Law

          Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT)

• First of Class
• Focus on Constitutional Law & Philosophy of Law 

PUBLICATIONS_______________________________________________________________

JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2023). Unveiling gatekeeping practices in mobile environments: A comparative analysis of operating systems and app gardens. International Journal of Communication, 17. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/21236

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2023). Datafication, identity, and the reorganization of the category individual. Temple Law Review, 95(4), 673–698. https://www.templelawreview.org/lawreview/assets/uploads/2023/07/7.-Ortiz-Freuler_95_673-698.pdf 

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2022). The weaponization of private corporate infrastructure: Internet  fragmentation and coercive diplomacy in the 21st century. Global Media and China, 8(1). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20594364221139729 

BOOKS

• Bustos Frati, A., Caeiro, C., Ferracutti, D., Martínez, M.F., Kirschbaum, I., & Ortiz Freuler, J., (2024). Evaluating Internet Development in Argentina: Using UNESCO's ROAM-X Internet Universality Indicators [Spanish]. UNESCO. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000391409

EDITED VOLUMES

• Mhlambi, S., Ortiz Freuler, J., & Ricaurte, P. (Eds.). (2019). Think South: Reimagining the internet. (EDIGS: Emerging Digital Issues from the Global South) at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. https://cyber.harvard.edu/story/2019-10/think-south-reimagining-internet

ESSAYS IN EDITED VOLUMES

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2025). Automation will reshape our understanding of the individual and society. In J. Anderson & L. Rainie (Eds.), Expert views on the impact of AI on the essence of being human. (pp. 75-78) Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center. https://imaginingthedigitalfuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Being-Human-in-2035-ITDF-report.pdf

• Ortiz Freuler, J., The smart city as a shift in the locus of knowledge and power, in Brandusescu, A., & Reia, J. (Eds.). (2022). Artificial intelligence in the city: Building civic engagement and public trust. (pp. 88-90) Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal, McGill University. https://www.mcgill.ca/centre-montreal/projects/completed-projects/ai-city 

WHITE PAPERS AND REPORTS

• Ortiz Freuler, J., (2024). Scanning the horizon: The Future of Digital Rights and Resilience in the Global Majority. Global Network for Social Justice and Digital Resilience. https://digitalresilience.network/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DRN_Scanning_Horizon_250123.pdf

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2022). Datafication and the future of human rights practice. JustLabs.https://www.openglobalrights.org/userfiles/file/Datafication_Report_JustLabs_2022.pdf 

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2021). The neutrality pyramid: A framework to redistribute power over the net. Web Centralization Monitor. https://decentralizetheweb.org/img/THE_NEUTRALITY_PYRAMID_SECOND_EDITION_JOF.pdf 

• Szewach, P., & Ortiz Freuler, J. (2020). Disinformation and the current state of Argentina’s media market. Global Disinformation Index.

• Web Foundation. (2019). A contract for the web. https://wfcontract.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/Contract-for-the-Web-3.pdf (JOF editor and coordinator)

• Ortiz Freuler, J., & Iglesias, C. (2018). How are governments in Latin America using artificial intelligence? Web Foundation. https://webfoundation.org/research/how-are-governments-in-latin-america-using-artificial-intelligence/ . [cited by the World Health Organization & International Telecommunications Union and UN Special Rapporteur on Racism's report on  (A/HRC/56/68)]

• Avila, R., Brandusescu, A., Ortiz Freuler, J., & Thakur, D. (2018). Artificial intelligence: Open questions about gender inclusion. Women 20 (a G-20 track). https://webfoundation.org/docs/2018/06/AI-Gender.pdf

• Avila, R., Ortiz Freuler, J., & Fagan, C. (2018). The invisible curation of content: Facebook’s News Feed and our information diets. Web Foundation. https://webfoundation.org/research/the-invisible-curation-of-content-facebooks-news-feed-and-our-information-diets/ [cited in UN Special Rapporteur Report on AI (A/73/348), and an OECD report on disinformation]

• Brandusescu, A., Ortiz Freuler, J., & Thakur, D. (2017). Artificial intelligence: Starting the policy dialogue in Africa. Web Foundation. https://webfoundation.org/research/artificial-intelligence-starting-the-policy-dialogue-in-africa/

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2017). How   much did the percentage of internet users in México actually grow in   2015? An analysis of the official statistics, and their interpretation   by public officials [Spanish]. R3D. https://r3d.mx/2017/03/12/el-estiron-de-mexico-conectado-cuanto-crecio-realmente-el-numero-de-usuarios-de-internet-en-2015/

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2016). Mexico's universal internet access policy: Mexico Conectado. A working document presented at the UN’s IGF. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XQem8LXST4H2mpdkpg-vFPaS4kKkHQ1s7SZREI3puH4/edit

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2015). Supply and demand of open data in Mexico: A diagnostic report on the government’s new open data portal. Consultancy for Social Tic. https://www.scribd.com/doc/274622757/Supply-and-Demand-of-Data-Through-Mexico-s-Open-Data-Portal

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2014). The Argentine Ombuds: Diagnostic and recommendations on transparency, accountability and openness [Spanish]. ACIJ. https://iniciativatpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Informe-DP-Argentina-FINAL.pdf

• Ortiz Freuler, J., & Cornejo, C. (2013). Information   technologies and public control in Latin America: Recommendations and good practices for the strengthening of public oversight office’s digital strategy [Spanish]. ACIJ – Iniciativa TPA. https://iniciativatpa.org/tecnologias-de-la-informacion-y-control-publico-en-america-latina/

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2013). Strategies and tools for the administration of a digital observatory on competitive public contests [Spanish]. ACIJ. https://concursostransparentes.acij.org.ar/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Manual-1.pdf

• Maurino, G., & Ortiz Freuler, J. (2013). Selection of judges in the city of Buenos Aires: Diagnostic and proposals [Spanish]. ACIJ. https://web.archive.org/web/20190112094826/https://concursostransparentes.acij.org.ar/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Selecci%C3%B3n-de-Magistrados.pdf

• Maurino, G., & Ortiz Freuler, J. (2013). Suggestions and good practices for the selection of judges in Argentina [Spanish]. ACIJ. https://www.scribd.com/doc/166352822/Buenas-Pra-cticas

• Ortiz Freuler, J., & Cornejo, C. (2011). Participatory planning in the Auditoría General de la Nación Argentina [Spanish]. ACIJ. https://iniciativatpa.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/participatory-planning-in-the-auditoria-general-de-la-nacion-argentina.pdf

• Cornejo, C., Ortiz Freuler, J., Lavin, R., & Maurino, G. (2011). Diagnostic report on transparency, citizen participation, and accountability in supreme audit institutions of Latin America [Spanish]. ACIJ. https://iniciativatpa.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tpa-in-sais-in-latin-america.pdf

TEACHING EXPERIENCE________________________________________________________________

STANDALONE TEACHING ASSISTANT

UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA (UTDT)

Constitutional Law (2011) - Teaching Assistant

Designed and taught 2-hour standalone sessions where 45 students examined leading cases through the lens of different theoretical frameworks. Responsible for grading essays.

UNIVERSIDAD DE FLORES (UFLO) 

Philosophy of Law (2010) - Teaching Assistant

Designed and taught 2-hour sessions where 45 students experimented with theoretical frameworks by analyzing their implications in specific contexts. Responsible for grading essays.

UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA (UTDT)

Philosophy of Law (2009-2010) -Teaching Assistant

Designed and taught 2-hour weekly standalone sessions where 45 students experimented with theoretical frameworks by analyzing their implications in specific contexts. Responsible for grading exercises and essays.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Berkman Klein Summer School - Invited Instructor (2019)

Co-Designed and taught a 3-hour hands-on course on public interest negotiation and advocacy for 15 students from around the world.

GUEST LECTURES

2024 

• AI & algorithms in government.  Invited by Senior Adjunct Prof. Rangita de Silva. AI & Bias Lab at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA, remote participation, January 23.

2023

• AI & algorithms in government.  Invited by Senior Adjunct Prof. Rangita de Silva. AI & Bias Lab at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA, remote participation, January 22.

2022

• AI & algorithms in government: Case studies from Latin America. Invited by Senior Adjunct Prof. Rangita de Silva. AI & Bias Lab at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA, remote participation, March 28

2021

• Topics in Cyber Law: The Internet, the Web and the Splinternet. Invited by Assistant Prof. Beatriz Botero. Sciences Po. Paris, France, remote participation, March 2.

• Data colonialism, digital colonialism and the quest for a Non Aligned Movement. Invited by Prof. Ivan Petrella. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Buenos Aires, Argentina, remote participation, November 16.

2020

• Un futuro para internet. Invited by Adjunct Professor, Tomás Pomar. ODIA-Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina, remote participation, October 10. 

• La Gobernanza de Internet y su actualidad. Invited by Mendoza Supreme Court Judge, Mario Adaro. Maestría en Derecho Digital y Estado de la Universidad Champagnat, Mendoza, Argentina, remote participation, July 31.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE________________________________________________________________

ANNENBERG SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, USC

Research Assistant (November 2022- Aug  2024)

2022-2024     

USA               

LA 

• Provided research, technical and logistical support to Manuel Castells in the publication of his latest book, Digital Society (2024)

BERKMAN KLEIN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY (Harvard Law)

Fellow (2017-2018) – Affiliate (July 2018- Oct  2024)

2017-2024

USA.          

Boston

• Co-chair of the Re-Decentralizing the Web Study Group;
• Co-founder of Emerging Digital Issues in the Global South (EDIGS) working group, Co-Editor of #ThinkSouth Fanzine,
• Published op-eds on AI, decentralization of the web, and internet governance (Open Democracy, Common Dreams, Planeta Chatbot, Medium)
• Coordinated and chaired round-tables on algorithmic accountability with academics from Harvard and MIT.
• Coordinated round-tables on competition within the tech industry with former US Government officials.

ACADEMIC ADVOCACY

2015- 2024 

Global

• Co-initiator of a Non-Aligned Technologies Movement (2020 - Present), a network of  +100 academics, policy-makers and activists.
• Member of the Tierra Comun Network of Latin American Researchers (2019-Present).

WEB FOUNDATION

Senior Policy Fellow (2019-2020) // Policy Fellow (2017 –2019) 

2017-2020

USA/UK  

Boston/London

• Technical and operational support to Tim Berners-Lee on policy issues.
• Designed templates and coordinated the Working Groups that drafted the ContractfortheWeb.org . Lead  WF negotiator.
• Designed methodology and co-authored research on Facebook’s News Feed algorithm & the Use of automated systems by Latin American Governments
• Produced WFs presentation on Net Neutrality before the FCC.
• Coordinated, revised and edited publications on AI, algorithms and personal control over personal data
• Represented the Foundation at conferences and round-tables.

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT 

2015 – 2022

Washington D.C.

• Open Markets Institute - Summer Compass Fellow –Developing a monitor of newspaper dependencies on infrastructure managed by big tech. Conducted interviews with journalists and newspaper technology managers (Summer 2022).

Latam 

Mex/Bra/Arg/Col

• JustLabs Associate– Developing innovative approaches for Human Rights defenders- (Jan 2016 – 2021):
  • Designed and coordinated a workshop with key figures of the tech-human rights movement in Sedona, Arizona.
  • Coordinated workshops on futures thinking with early career human rights practitioners(2020 and 2021).
  • Provided consultancy services to MIT’s GovLab for projects in Mexico and Brazil (2019).
  • Helped integrate elements of design thinking into human rights workshops (2016-2017)
• Global Disinformation Index  
  • Co-authored report on the Argentine Media Market Risk Ratings (2020)
• Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (R3D)-Google Policy Fellow
  • Unveiled government misrepresentation of key statistics regarding internet use and analyzed the Universal Internet Access Policy, Mexico Conectado, Mexico City (Sept – Nov 2016)
• Social Tic -Open Society Intern for Human Rights and Governance
  • Developed a diagnostic report on Mexico’s Open Gov Data policy - Mexico City (June – Sept 2015)

ASOCIACIÓN CIVIL POR LA IGUALDAD Y LA JUSTICIA (ACIJ) 

Strengthening of Democratic Institutions 

2011-2014

Argentina

BA  

ICT projects

• Defined strategy and implemented a digital campaign against a major reform of the judiciary. Coordinated support from NGOs for what became the fastest growing online petition in Argentina (140.000 signatures in 7 days +17,000 Facebook likes). Massive repercussions in media and Senate (reformajusticia.org + Change)
• Drafted script, sketched visuals, and supervised development of a TV spot against the reform of the judiciary (+21,000 views on YouTube)
• Sketched and co-developed prototype of web application for the National Ombudsman to simplify presentation of complaints and facilitate public access to reports.
• Coordinated activities with programmers to crowdsource the systematization of information contained in PDFs of asset declarations of politicians throughout Argentina (see IJNET)
• Co-designed a cutting-edge grant-winning project on the use of ICTs for transparency and citizen participation throughout the judge selection process (CAD$ 50.000). Brainstormed a grant-winning project on civic-tech to crowd-control progress of public works in shanty towns (U$145.000 - see The Guardian).
• Supervised redesigning process of ACIJ’s website and creation of three blogs: increased interactivity and simplified navigability.

Justice Initiatives

• Developed and applied a real-time online debate forum on judicial reform. Coordinated participation of leading figures of national debate on judicial reform, such as María L. Garrigós, and debated with them
• Created and represented two web-based observatories on judge selection processes (city of BA and nationwide: Implemented crowdsourcing methods as input for analysis of regulations and practices for periodic posts on irregularities detected (+86,000 views). Succeeded in generating a major transparency reform in the City of BA: Sued the Council for not granting public access to videos of oral exams and interviews. Council now publishes videos on YouTube.
• Drafted challenges against the designation of a Judge and the State Prosecutor, the contents of which were used by several senators during the Public Hearing, and were published by the press.
• Coordinated actions from five NGOs in a campaign for the appointment of a National Ombuds.

Supreme Audit Institutions

• Researched and assessed best practices on transparency, participation, accountability, and use of ICTs by Latin American Supreme Audit Institutions. Networked national and sub-national officials of Latin America and representatives of labor union. Organized conferences and managed the budget. (Project supported by the World Bank Institute and Open Society Foundations)
• Designed and created interactive website to disseminate research on transparency and participative practices implemented by Supreme Audit Institutions of Latin America, and promote and facilitate interaction between regional actors.
• Collaborated in the drafting of laws on Access to Information and Open Government.

PRESS______________________________________________________________________

OPINION

2025

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2025). Re-networking Digital Infrastructure: A Non-Aligned Tech Movement to take us beyond the Age of Informational Capitalism.  Backchannels blog of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4s). https://4sonline.org/news_manager.php?page=39356

• Coordinated a series of opinion articles for Open Global Rights, a media outlet run by NYU's Human Rights Center: Will Human Rights guide the development of Tech? https://www.openglobalrights.org/up-close/technology-and-human-rights/

2023

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2023). Towards a Post Capitalist Internet. New Internationalist. https://newint.org/issues/2023/10/24/surveillance-how-governments-spy-dissent  (view pdf )

• Ortiz Freuler, J. Brandusescu, A. & Orr, W.  (2023).How to grapple with undue funder influence: Recommendations from a workshop (Part II). Open Global Rights. https://www.openglobalrights.org/how-grapple-with-undue-funder-influence/ 

• Ortiz Freuler, J. Brandusescu, A. & Orr, W.  (2023). Unpacking funder influence over digital rights nonprofits: Reflections from a workshop (Part I). Open Global Rights. https://www.openglobalrights.org/unpacking-funder-influence-digital-rights-nonprofits/?lang=English

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2023). When human rights turned into an AI-driven game of lottery. Open Global Rights https://www.openglobalrights.org/human-rights-AI-driven-game-lottery/?lang=English

2022

• Ortiz Freuler, J. Orr, W. & Brandusescu, A. (2022). Funding and the digital rights nonprofit space. Experiences and recommendations (Part II) Open Global Rights.https://www.openglobalrights.org/funding-and-the-digital-rights-nonprofit-space-part-ii/

• Ortiz Freuler, J. Orr, W. & Brandusescu, A. (2022). How do funders shape the digital rights agenda? Notes from the field (Part I) Open Global Rights. https://www.openglobalrights.org/how-do-funders-shape-the-digital-rights-agenda-part-i/

• Ortiz Freuler, J. & Quintarelli, S. (2022). Building a sustainable path towards planetary system of knowledge. Euractiv. https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/opinion/building-sustainable-path-towards-planetary-system-of-knowledge/

2021

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2021). What a datafied worldview means for human rights. Open Global Rights https://www.openglobalrights.org/what-a-datafied-worldview-means-for-human-rights/

• Ortiz Freuler, J. & Soria Cruz, Fernanda (2021). Zuckerberg’s metaverse is a natural extension of capitalist extraction of our data. Open Democracy. Dec 8

• Ortiz Freuler, J. & Soria Cruz, Fernanda (2021). El metaverso: Una distracción. Animal Político. November 6, 2021 https://www.animalpolitico.com/blog-invitado/el-metaverso-una-distraccion-horrible-que-podria-moldear-nuestro-futuro/

2020

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2020). Dilema Social: 4 grandes desafíos de las redes sociales. La Nación.  Retrieved January 5, 2021 from https://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/dilema-social-4-grandes-desafios-redes-sociales-nid2480422

• Primavera De Filippi, Juan Ortiz Freuler, and Joshua Tan, “The Declarations of Cyberspace,” Berkman Klein Center Medium (blog), November 30, 2020, https://medium.com/berkman-klein-center/the-declarations-of-cyberspace-ee0c4499de64

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2020). TikTok, Trump and the need for a digital non-aligned movement. Open Democracy.  Retrieved August 15, 2020 from https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/tiktok-trump-and-need-digital-non-aligned-movement/

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2020). The case for a digital non-aligned movement. Open Democracy.  Retrieved July 15, 2020 from https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/case-digital-non-aligned-movement/

2018

• Ortiz Freuler, J. & Leith, R. (2018). Three Reflections on Decentralization. Berkman Klein Center.  Retrieved October 29, 2019 from https://medium.com/berkman-klein-center/three-reflections-on-decentralization-112bd8751e41

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2018). Is the web neutral? Chatham House. Retrieved October 29, 2019 from https://demtech.chathamhouse.org/is-the-web-neutral-three-views-on-structure-of-internet/ / Republished by Open Democracy https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/digitaliberties/is-the-internet-to-blame-for-the-rise-of-authoritarianism/ Translated into Albanian Rrokum TV https://www.rrokum.tv/?p=246385

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2018). Techlash: why Facebook’s approach to #FakeNews ultimately fails. Common Dreams. Retrieved October 29, 2019 from https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/08/28/facebook-will-fail-solve-fakenews

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2018) ¿La inteligencia artificial es un boleto a la Babilonia de Borges?. Planeta Chatbot. Retrieved October 29, 2019 from https://planetachatbot.com/inteligencia-artificial-es-boleto-a-babilonia-de-borges-8a5449211e71

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2018) The Cambridge Analytica scandal is a drop of water trickling down the visible top of an iceberg. Focus on decentralizing power. Open Democracy. Retrieved October 29, 2019 from https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/digitaliberties/battle-for-decentralized-internet-navigating-troubled-waters-to-g/

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2018) The present and future of a centralized internet. Open Democracy. Retrieved October 29, 2019 from https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/digitaliberties/present-and-future-of-centralized-internet/

2017

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2017). Who’s to blame? The internet on the defendant's bench. Open Democracy. Retrieved October 29, 2019 from https://www.opendemocracy.net/digitaliberties/juan-ortiz-freuler/who-s-to-blame-internet-on-defendants-bench

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2017). Datos gubernamentales abiertos: ¿Para qué y para quién? https://idatosabiertos.org/en/datos-gubernamentales-abiertos-para-que-y-para-quien/

2016

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2016) Internet for whom, and for what purpose? Why we’re evaluating the Mexico Conectado Policy. Animal Político. Retrieved December 12, 2016 from  https://www.animalpolitico.com/blog-invitado/internet-para-quien-y-para-que/ 

2014

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2014) Our representatives crossed the line. InfoBae. Retrieved June 6, 2015 from https://opinion.infobae.com/juan-ortiz-freuler/2014/04/24/nuestros-representantes-cruzaron-la-raya/

• Pilo, S. & Ortiz Freuler, J (2014). What's missing in Judicial appointment reforms. Clarín. Retrieved June 6, 2015 from https://www.clarin.com/opinion/deudas-arrastra-Consejo-Magistratura_0_H1MloLkjP7x.html 

2013

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2013) Reforming the Judge selection process. Crimen y Razón. Retrieved May 5, 2014 from http://crimenyrazon.com/5578/reformar-los-procesos-de-seleccion-de-jueces

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2013). Information Technologies and Public Control in Latin America. Análisis de la Gestión Pública(Newspaper administered by the Workers’ Union of oversight organisms). Retrieved May 5, 2014 from http://www.gestionpublica.info/politica-detalles-noticia/items/las-tecnologias-de-la-informacion-y-el-control-publico-en-america-latina.html

• Ortiz Freuler, J. (2013) How Judges are appointed, La Nación Data. Retrieved May 2, 2013 from http://blogs.lanacion.com.ar/data/acceso-a-la-informacion-2/concursos-transparentes-como-eligen-a-los-jueces/

• Ortiz Freuler, J. & Lavin, R. Open Government Partnership and Supreme Audit Institutions, Open Government Partnership Blog. Retrieved March 12, 2013 from https://gobabierto.tumblr.com/post/21216951698/alianza-para-el-gobierno-abierto-y-fiscalizaci%C3%B3n

TELEVISION

• Live Now Fox (2024,Aug 29) French Authorities charge Telegram's CEO Pavel Durov.https://www.livenowfox.com/video/1508562 (9.30 am ET)

• CNN Español -Dinero (2022, July 16).¿TikTok puede filtrar tus datos? Experto lo analiza https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/tiktok-posible-infiltracion-datos-juan-ortiz-freuler-entrevista-dinero/.

• CNN Brazil (2020, September 19). TikTok abre ação contra governo Trump para tentar escapar da proibição nos EUA. Retrieved from https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/business/2020/09/19/tiktok-abre-acao-contra-governo-trump-para-tentar-escapar-da-proibicao-nos-eua

• Infobae. (2014, March 19).   The Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires breached its own gender quota laws. Juan Miceli. Buenos Aires. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK9vByyjG-k 

RADIO/PODCASTS/INTERVIEWS

2021

• Ingram, M. (2021, August 25). Talking with Juan Ortiz Freuler about Facebook's transparency report. Galley. other, Columbia Journalism Review. https://galley.cjr.org/public/conversations/-Mhye5ZIorXukfAgd4--.

2020

• “The Global South Holds a Better Future of Tech w/ Juan Ortiz Freuler”.  Tech Won't Save US (July, 2020) https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/global-south-holds-better-future-tech-w-juan-ortiz/id1507621076?i=1000485172435

• "The BM Show #009: A Non Aligned Movement" The Borja Moya Show (December 2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdx5pnJ3EMk

2014

• “Weaknesses in the process of judge appointments.” Radio Madres de Plaza de Mayo. Somos Radio, AM 530. Buenos Aires, May 27, 2014 https://radiocut.fm/audiocut/juan-ortiz-abogado-de-acij/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter[Interview regarding the process of selection of proposed judge, Martin Farrel]

• “Gender quotas in the City’s Supreme Audit Institutions.” La once diez. Radio Ciudad, AM1110. Buenos Aires, March 31, 2014. https://radiocut.fm/audiocut/juan-ortiz-abogado-de-acij-hablando-sobre-la-violacion-de-ley-de-cupo-en-la-auditoria-de-la-ciudad/  [Live debate with former legislator Lidia Saya on Legislative’s over-reach in the appointment a General Auditor. conducted by Juan Miceli].

2013

• “Transparency in Judicial and Legislative bodies“. Noticias Positivas. Radio Palermo. Buenos Aires, September 17, 2013 https://noticiaspositivas.org/acij-en-busca-de-la-transparencia-en-los-procesos-legislativos/ [Invited panellist to explain the work on mechanisms of transparency in Judicial and Legislative branches]

2012

• “Irregularities in judicial appointments.” Mañana Sylvestre. Radio del Plata, AM1030. Buenos Aires, September 19, 2012 https://www.amdelplata.com/index.php/component/grillaprogramacion/?view=detalles&id=61 [Interview conducted by Gustavo Sylvestre regarding the performance of judge contestant Luis Rodriguez’s poor performance as an investigative Judge in a case on bribery within the judicial power]

SELECTED COMMENTARY & MEDIA COVERAGE

2024

• Fast Company, Why France’s arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has divided tech regulation experts (2024, August 27) 
• Elon University, "Experts Imagine the Impact of Artificial Intelligence by 2040" (2024, February) 
• Fast Company, "Could Microsoft’s new Copilot key be an antitrust headache for the company?" (2024, January 5). 

2021

• Columbia Journalism Review, "Facebook “transparency report” turns out to be anything but" (2021, August 26 ).the

2019

• Wired, “Bridging the Internet’s Digital Language Divide” (June 6, 2019) 
• Washington Post, “The Technology 202: Facebook's messaging plans spark privacy, antitrust concerns around the world” (January 29, 2019) 
• The Guardian [partner zone], “Why are virtual assistants always female? Gender bias in AI must be remedied” (March 26, 2019) 

2018

• America: Jesuit Review, "Should we be worried about Artifificial Intelligence?" (November 02, 2018)
• La Nación, “A study measures how Facebook influences the way Argentines are informed” (April 22, 2018) 

2017

• Milenio, “Not grounded in fact, the [Government] claims on internet use” (May 17, 2017) 
• Aristegui, “Not grounded in fact, 74% increase in internet users, which President presumes: study” (March 14, 2017) 
• Vanguardia, “Government claims  Internet users in Mexico increased from 41 to 70 million: is that true?” (March 13, 2017) 

2015

• El Universal, “The Open Data Portal could improve: Expert”. (Septermber 14, 2015) 

2014

• Tiempo Argentino  “NGO denounced lack of transparency in Farrell’s selection process for the position of judge” (May 27, 2014)
• Miradas al Sur, “A setback for Women’s rights?” (March 23, 2014) 
• Tercer Sector, “2.0 Campaigns and dreams” (October 21, 2013) 

2013

• Clarín, “The process of Judge selection under a microscope” (September 18, 2013) 
• El Tribuno (Salta), “A website promotes transparency in the selection of judges from around the country” (September 19, 2013) 
• International Journalists Network, “Journalists, programmers and lawyers collaborate to open government data” (December 11, 2013). 
• Tiempo Judicial ,“Proposals to reform Judge selection processes: Transparent and competitive contests” (September 23, 2013). 
• La Nación Data,“Fifteen (15) Open Data Projects showcased at AbreLatam” (June 26, 2013). 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS______________________________________________________

2025

• Lightning Talk. Re-networking internet infrastructure to achieve strategic autonomy. State of The Net, Washington DC., February 11. [Recording]
• Panelist. Infrastructure Power: How governments are reshaping global internet points of control. Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC), Honolulu, Hawaii, January 19-22. 

2024

• Workshop presenter. Technology for active non-alignment. The Cluster of Excellence "Contestations of the Liberal Script" (SCRIPTS) at Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany, December 8-10.
• Panelist. Disarming the propaganda machines. The Hague Program on International Cyber Security, Democracy and Cyberspace, The Hague, Netherlands, November 12-13.
• Poster presentation. The case for a Critical Media Infrastructure Monitor: Analyzing the control points reshaping the media model and market. Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy (TPRC). Washington D.C., September 19-21.
• Meetup presenter. Decolonising data infrastructures. Society for Social Studies of Science (4S). Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 16-19.

2023

• Panelist. Non-aligned technological movements: Towards a sustainable digital future. Society for Social Studies of Science (4S). Honolulu, November 8-11.
• Speaker. The weaponization of communication infrastructure: A historical overview- Symposium in Cybersecurity & Public Policy. Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, March 31.
• Speaker. Towards informational disarmament. FORGE NYU, New York, November 2-5.
• Poster presentation. Shark Patterns: Recording how apps engage with browser choice. Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy (TPRC). Washington D.C., September 21-23.
• Panelist. Shark Patterns: How apps are eating up the web. Renmin University Student Symposium. Beijing, China, July 27-31.
• Panelist. The weaponization of corporate infrastructure. International Political Science Association (IPSA), Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 15-19.
• Workshop Co-coordinator. Funding patterns in nonprofits: Challenges and strategies. RightsCon, San José, Costa Rica, Remote participation, June 5-8.

2022

• Panelist. Datafication and the reorganization of the category “individual.”, Society for Social Studies of Science (4s), Puebla, Mexico, December 7-10.
• Panelist. The weaponization of the internet. Society for Social Studies of Science (4s), Puebla, Mexico, December 7-10.
• Panelist. Shark Patterns: How high are the walls around your walled garden? Global Digital Cultures Conference, University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 1-2. 
• Speaker - The weaponization of Corporate Infrastructure [Recording]- UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, remote participation, November 28 - December 2.
• Panelist. Translating principles into practice: The Contract for the Web. Digital Constitutionalism Network Symposium, CAIS, Bochum, Germany, June 27-30.
• Workshop Co-coordinator. Funding patterns in nonprofits: Challenges and strategies. RightsCon, online conference, June 6-10.
• Panelist. The weaponization of corporate infrastructure. Platform Governance, Sovereignty and the Return of Governance for Digital Platforms, International Communication Association Pre-Conference, remote participation, May 25-26. 

2021

• Workshop Co-Lead. Digital colonialism? Re-thinking metaphors and practices in a context of cyber power. RightsCon, online conference, June 7-11.
• Panel Moderator. Strategies to guarantee the right to access to the internet. RightsCon, online conference, June 7-11.

2020

• Panelist. How can AI be used for promoting & monitoring development in Latin America? AI Latin American SumMIT, MIT, Cambridge, MA. January 23.

2019

• Panelist. Human-centered design and open data: how to improve AI. UN’s Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Berlin, Germany, November 25-29.
• Panelist. Digital language divide. RightsCon, Tunis, Tunisia, June 11-14.
• Panelist. Public algorithms Open Government Partnership, Ottawa, Canada, May 29-31.

2018

• Co-Chair. Centralization, decentralization & re-centralization: Breaking the Cycle (with Cory Doctorow and Primavera DeFilippi), Decentralised Web Summit, San Francisco, July 30-August 2.
• Panelist. Data ethics & AI. International Open Data Conference (IODC), Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 27-28.
• Workshop Co-Lead. Borges & the future of open data.International Open Data Conference (IODC). Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 27-28.
• Speaker. Open data & AI: Opportunities and limitations. Open Government Partnership (OGP), Tbilisi, Georgia, July 17-18.

2016

• Panelist. Markets, communities & public policies for internet access and Human Rights. United Nations’ Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Guadalajara, México, December 6-9.
• Panelist. Open data in the developing world: Who is it for? TicTec Conference on Civic Technology, Barcelona, Spain, April 27-28.

2013

• Poster presentation. Opening data to crowdsource the monitoring of judicial appointments International Media Party, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 29-31.
• Panelist. The Transparent Contests Initiative: tools and outcomes. AbreLatam Conference on Open Data, Montevideo, Uruguay, June 26.

2025

• Panelist. Scanning the Horizon: The Future of Digital Rights & Resilience in the Global Majority.  The Global Network of Social Justice and Digital Resilience (supported by the Ford Foundation), Online, March 20. [Recording]

2024

• Panelist. Artificial intelligence and democracy: Contemporary challenges and perspectives. School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy, May 30-31.
• Speaker. Global trends in politics, technology and funding that are shaping the digital rights ecosystem. The Global Network of Social Justice and Digital Resilience (Ford Foundation), Berlin, Germany, April 19-21.
• Workshop session lead. Advancing non-aligned technologies towards a robust decolonial movement. Tierra Común Summit-Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, June 8-9.
• Panelist. AI as a public good: Ensuring democratic control of AI in the information space. Forum on Information and Democracy/Observacom. Santiago de Chile, Chile, remote participation, May 2.

2023

• Speaker. Risks and opportunities of deploying AI in government. Public Leadership Academy of Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovakia, remote participation, September 6.

• Panelist. Curación algorítmica y el creciente control de las plataformas de redes sociales sobre nuestra esfera de información. Observacom, Montevideo, Uruguay, remote participation, October 18.
• Participant. Berkman Klein at 25. Berkman Klein Center, Cambridge, MA, September 8-9.
• Invited Panelist. Desmontando los sesgos en los algoritmos: un diálogo intersectorial. School of Transnational Governance, at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy, remote participation, February 2.

2022

• Invited Expert (amicus curiae). Public hearing on zero rating policies and their impact on constitutional rights. Constitutional Court of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, remote participation, November 18.
• Panelist. Sovereign identity crisis. iLit Center at Temple Law School, Philadelphia, November 17.
• Panelist. Informational disarmament and non-alignment. Tierra Comun Summit, Ciudad de México, Mexico, December 5-6.

• Participant Future of institutions digital IPCC round-table dialogue. New America, Washington D.C., remote participation, July 27.
• Panelist. Taxes and the redistribution of value by online platforms. Equitable Benefit Sharing Convening. Fundação Gertulio Vargas - Open Society Foundations. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 13-15.
• Speaker. The weaponization of corporate infrastructure. 6th International Governance Talks. Governance and Policy Think Tank (GPTT), Sharif University of Technology, remote participation, June 22.
• Roundtable discussant. AI and the city - Hosted by the CIRM at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, remote participation, February 10.
• Speaker. How are we connected? Geopolitics & technology. Hosted by Conflux Center for International Cooperation, Belgrade, Serbia,, remote participation, January 25.

2021

• Roundtable discussant. How to protect the Open Internet? With Nick Pickles (Head of Global Policy, Twitter ), Shannon McGregor, (University of North Carolina), Adi Robertson (The Verge). Hosted by Mathew Ingram. Galley, Columbia Journalism Review, remote participation,
• Panelist. Digital Emancipation in Latin America. Stanford Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Stanford, CA, remote participation, May 19.
• Panelist. Inteligencia Artificial y su impacto en la libertad de expresión. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)-Article 19, Mexico City, Mexico, remote participation,. January 20.

2020

• Workshop Co-Lead. The Declaration(s) of the Interdependence of Cyberspace. RadicalXChange. San Francisco, CA, remote participation, June 21.
• Speaker. Reimagining the Internet. Something Digital Conference, Brisbane, Australia, remote participation, October 20.
• Speaker. Hacia un movimiento digital de no alineados. Centro de Estudios para la Libertad de Expresión (CELE), Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, remote participation, December 9.
• Panelist. La democracia en suspenso. Territorio Digital, Santiago de Chile, Chile, remote participation, September 30.
• Panelist. Towards a Non-Aligned Tech Movement. University of Southern California - ARNIC, Los Angeles, CA, remote participation, October 13. 
• Facilitator. Equitable health futures in AI. Wilton Park-Governing Health Futures 2030, Wilton Park, U.K, remote participation, September 3-4. 
• Panelist. Redes Sociales vs. Debate Público. Observacom-AccessNow, Montevideo, Uruguay, remote participation, June 23. 

2019

• Panelist. Disinformation in electoral contexts. Organization of American States (OAS), Mexico City, Mexico, April 30.
• Roundtable discussant. Digital development and global data law. Guarini Global Law & Tech at New York University (NYU). New York, NY, April 26-27.
• Participant. Facebook Oversight Board Roundtable. Facebook, Mexico City, Mexico, June 7.
• Participant. Content & Jurisdiction Contact Group Roundtables. Internet & Jurisdiction. Paris, France, January 23-24. 

2018

• Speaker. AI opportunities and risks in Low and Middle Income Countries. UNDP Eurasia, Istanbul, Turkey, Webinar, February 9.
• Participant. Trust and Opening Governance. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance, NYU GovLab & Beeck Center, Washington D.C., April 9.
• Panelist. Personal Control over personal data. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance, NYU GovLab, New York, NY, October 16-17.
• Panelist. The Facebook Dilemma. Spaceus, Cambridge, MA., October 5.

2017

• Participant. Designing (Open) Governance. MacArthur Found. Research Network on Opening Governance, NYU GovLab & MindLab, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 21-23.
• Panelist. Algorithmic Accountability and its links to open data. World Economic Forum, New York, September 20.

2014 

• Panelist. The Argentine Ombudsman 20 years after the constitutional reform. Chamber of Deputies of National Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 7.
• Panelist. The Latin American Ombuds Offices and the use of ICTs. Chamber of Senators of National Congress, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 25.

2013

• Panelist. Leveraging ICTs to advocate for change. Punto ONG - ITBA University, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 11.
• Panelist. Creating transparent contests for positions in the Judiciary. Federal Forum of the Council of Magistrates, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 28-29.
• Roundtable Participant. Using social networks for political campaigning and fundraising. US Embassy, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 15.
• Panelist. Appointment of Federal Judges in La Rioja. AIRE, La Rioja, Argentina. La Rioja, April 15.
• Panelist. Appointment of Federal Judges in Tucumán. ANDHES, Tucumán, Argentina, April 12.

2012

• Panelist. Why we need a law on access to information National Congress on Access to Information. Mendoza, Argentina, May 9.
• Panelist. Results and insights of Transparent Contests Initiative. 4th Congress on Administrative Law of the City of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 24.

2022

• Workshop Co-organizer. Non-Disclosure Agreements and the encroachment on public knowledge. JustLabs. Sedona, Jan 9-12

2020

• Workshop Co-Organizer. Building Blocks of Web 3.0. Harvard Berkman Klein Center, Cambridge, MA, March 3-4.

2019

• Round Table Organizer. To break-up or to Regulate Big Tech: A Private Roundtable with former leadership of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Harvard Berkman Klein Center, Cambridge, MA, August 9.

2017-2020

• Co-organizer. Monthly Luncheon series for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). MIT, Cambridge, MA. Over 20 speakers convened.

GRANTS__________________________________________________________________

EXTERNAL

• UNESCO ($20,000 USD) for research toward a report on ROAM-X indicators in Argentina (2021).
• Open Society Foundations ($5,000 USD) for seed funding on a project to develop methods and visualizations showing the impact of app design on competition (2021).
• Open Collective ($5000 USD) for workshop on the re-decentralization of the internet (2020)
• Canadian Government ($50,000 CAD) for an online observatory of judicial contests in Argentina (2013).

Supported the drafting of 6 additional successful grant applications.

Completed COMM-613 course on Grant Writing in Communication, led by Prof. Lynn Miller (USC).

INTERNAL

• Summer Research Fellowship, USC Annenberg, $2,000 (2023)
• Professional Development Fund, USC Graduate Student Government, $500 (2022)

HONORS____________________________________________________________________

• Received the Emerging Scholar Award from the Pacific Telecommunications Council (2025)
• Awarded the Wallis Annenberg Fellowship, by the Wallis Annenberg Chair, Manuel Castells (2022)
• Selected amongst students from top Universities for fully funded participation in the Open Society OSIRG Program (2015)
• Awarded Chevening Scholarship (2014)
• First of Class (Gold Medal) awarded by the UTDT Faculty of Law (2008)

ACADEMIC SERVICE__________________________________________________________

• Member of the Centro Latam Digital Academic Committee (2021-2023) 
• Peer reviewer for MIT Press (2019), Big Data and Society (2024), Contemporary Security Policy (2024), Revista Latinoamericana de Economia y Sociedad Digital, Derecho PUCP, and others.
• Elected Vice-President of Graduate Student Association at Annenberg, USC (2022)
• Elected Student representative at the Oxford Internet Institute (2015) 
• Elected International Students' Representative at St. Anne's College, Oxford (2014), 

COMMUNITY SERVICE________________________________________________________

• 2011  –  City of Buenos Aires’ Judiciary:  Assisted unregistered voters during elections in Villa 31 (Informal housing district in Buenos Aires).
• 2010 – Comparte Fair Trade: Earthquake correspondent in southern Chile. Travelled for a month interviewing and publishing online reports regarding the post-earthquake living conditions of artisan network members.
• 2007 –  Junior Achievement: Tutor of “The Advantages of Not Dropping Out” program at a public school in the periphery of Buenos Aires.
• 2005 & 2006 –  Conciencia CSO: Summer Intern of Porvenir program: Preventing child labour in tobacco fields of Salta and Jujuy. Organised classes on civil and social rights.

• International Communication Association (ICA)
• International Political Science Association (IPSA)
• Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S)
• International Public Policy Association (IPPA)

• Languages
  • Native: Spanish. 
  • Bilingual: English. 
  • Intermediate: French and Portuguese
• Data analytics & visualisation 
  • Advanced: Tableau Public and Open Refine. Proficient: R Studio. Basic: Python and SQL. 
  • Completed MOOC on Data Journalism from U.Texas & Knight Center (2013). 
• Theatre 
  • Studied at El Duende Theatre School (Stanislavsky method, led by Lizardo Laphitz, 2010-2013)