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Open Global Rights (2025, January-April) Will Human Rights Guide Technological Development?
Coordinating a 6-piece series with thought-leaders at the intersection between rights and technology for NYU's Human Rights Center. Articles include discussions on Digital ID in Africa, border technologies affecting migrants, carceral technologies for remote surveillance, AI in government, netw
TV
Live Now Fox (2024,Aug 29). French Authorities charge Telegram's CEO Pavel Durov.
Explained the relevance of Telegram within the broader ecosystem of information, the role of encryption and public concerns regarding the consequences of this detention for privacy and tech workers.
Ortiz Freuler, J. (2023). Towards a Post Capitalist Internet. New Internationalist. https://newint.org/issues/2023/10/24/surveillance-how-governments-spy-dissent (view open pdf )
Informational capitalism turns users into data commodities, fueling both corporate profits and enabling unprecedented state surveillance. To break free, we must reimagine the internet beyond capitalism, embracing decentra
Opinion
Ortiz Freuler, J. (2023). When human rights turned into an AI-driven game of lottery. Open Global Rights
In this op-ed I explore how the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence is fueling a probabilistic turn in our worldview. One that shifts the focus from past to future, from individual to group behavior, and from certainty to mere plausibility.
TV
CNN Español -Dinero (2022, July 16).¿TikTok puede filtrar tus datos? Experto lo analiza
Explained the types of data collected by TikTok, the potential concerns US officials might have, the position of US agencies, and how a ban on TikTok might trigger similar challenges by foreign governments eager to target the presence of US within their territories.
Opinion
Ortiz Freuler, J. & Quintarelli, S. (2022). Building a sustainable path towards planetary system of knowledge. Euractiv.
To counter digital monopolies and align our information ecosystems with planetary challenges, we must advance an integrated policy framework combining neutrality (preventing gatekeeping), portability (freeing data from silos), and interoperabi
Opinion
Ortiz Freuler, J. (2020). The case for a digital non-aligned movement. Open Democracy.
In what has come to be a prescient oped, I argue the internet will continue fracturing under US-China tech rivalry, a process that will accelerate in the aftermath of the Covid pandemic, as governments deal with debt. It outlines how a Digital Non-Aligned Movement under Global South leadership can reclai
Podcast interview
“The Global South Holds a Better Future of Tech w/ Juan Ortiz Freuler”. Tech Won't Save US (July, 2020)
The digital world is fracturing along geopolitical lines. As Big Tech profits soar while nations struggle to tax them, a Digital Non-Aligned Movement, led by the Global South, emerges as the key to reclaiming our collective knowledge systems from corporate control, and redirecti
Commentary
Wired, “Bridging the Internet’s Digital Language Divide” (June 6, 2019)
Commentary
Washington Post, “The Technology 202: Facebook's messaging plans spark privacy, antitrust concerns around the world” (January 29, 2019)
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