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Juan Ortiz Freuler

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JOURNAL ARTICLES

Ortiz Freuler, J. (2025). Infrastructural power: State strategies for internet control. Internet Policy Review. 


[Recording-Lightning Talk at SOTN]

2025 PTC Emerging Scholar Award


The typology aims to provide scholars with a novel analytical framework for examining internet governance preferences, while offering policymakers a roadmap towards digital strategic autonomy, and active Non-Alignment.

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 

[->Poster]


This study examines the handling of user requests to access Web content within 27 mobile apps. The research reveals notable distinctions: traditional ne

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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  

[See Recording]


Underlying the AI boom, digitization and datafication processes are destabilizing core human rights concepts. This essay maps how these shifts challeng

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Diagram depicting the key government agencies and the powers they exercise

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 [See Recording]


After promoting the adoption of borderless digital infrastructure in the 1990s, the US now exploits corporate control for surveillance, influen



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PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PAPERS & PROCEEDINGS

Ortiz Freuler, J. (2025). Website infrastructure dependency and geopolitical risk in Latin America.


To be presented at GIG-ARTS EU + ICA 2025

Poster presented at TPRC 2024


This study shows how market consolidation in Latin America’s digital news infrastructure is dominated by US tech giants like Alphabet & Meta. It exposes how this can constrain journalists’ engagement with audiences and creates geop

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

BOOK:

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.


This study combines an analysis based on UNESCO's ROAM-X global indicators with local multi-stakeholder dialogues, offering actionable insights for the development of a 

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EDITED VOLUME:

Mhlambi, S., Ortiz Freuler, J., & Ricaurte, P. (Eds.). (2019). Think South: Reimagining the internet.. Emerging Digital Issues from the Global South working group at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. 


The publication is a mixture of poetry, indigenous  art, and short pieces that reflect the rich and diverse conversations of  the Emerging Digital Is

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ESSAY IN EDITED VOLUME

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

ESSAY IN EDITED VOLUME

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


in progress


  • Ortiz-Freuler, J. Dismantling the propaganda machines: Informational de-escalation, tech disarmament and the challenges of cyberwar over the open internet
    •  [Presented at The Hague (2024). To be presented at the International Political Science Association (IPSA) conference in Seoul (July 2025). ] 


  • Ortiz-Freuler, J. Digital Power and the return of the peripheries: South America’s Path to Non-Aligned Tech. 
    • [To be presented at Pre-ICA workshop at the University of Denver, Colorado.]  


  • Ortiz-Freuler, J. Telegraph, radio, television, and internet infrastructures under fire: A review of the effectiveness and legality of the targeting of critical communication infrastructure. 
    • [Presented at Tufts’ Fletcher School] 


Selected whitepapers & 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.


A participatory study with digital rights practitioners reveals three key forces shaping the next decade: tech centralization, geopolitical realignments, and evolving activism. Grounded in Global South perspectives, the analy

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Ortiz Freuler, J. (2022). Datafication and the Future of Human Rights Practice. JustLabs. 

[See op-ed]


Datafication is reshaping public and private spheres, impacting on how we exercise our Human Rights. By analyzing past impacts and future risks and opportunities, this report prepares students and practitioners to navigate the evolving data-driven systems that will be shaping our political landscap

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Ortiz Freuler, J. (2021). The Neutrality Pyramid: A framework to redistribute power over the net. Web Centralization Monitor. 


This action-oriented report aimed at redistributing digital power offers a compass for tech policymakers:

(1) Why the internet is facing criticism; 

(2) Risks of internet centralization; 

(3) A response: The Neutrality Pyramid: a policy framework combining net, device, platfor


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Ortiz Freuler, J., & Iglesias, C. (2018). How are governments in Latin America using artificial intelligence? Web Foundation. 


Cited by World Health Organization/ITU 

& UN Special Rapporteur


Latin American governments adopting AI are facing twin challenges: effectiveness and legitimacy.

Based on four cases from Argentina/Uruguay, we identify four key areas: data creation, tool design, protocols, and l

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Avila, R., Ortiz Freuler, J., & Fagan, C. (2018). The invisible curation of content: Facebook’s News Feed and our information diets. Web Foundation. 


Cited by UN Special Rapporteur Report on AI (A/73/348) & OECD report


Algorithms silently shape our digital lives with their opaque logic. This report of an experiment on Facebook's NewsFeed revealed stark knowledge gaps: users saw just 1 in 6 posts, wi

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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. 


Mexico's open data portal (datos.gob.mx) shows promise but faces challenges. This diagnostic report reveals key needs: fostering public official's ownership of data publication processes, improving dataset quality, and encouraging civic reuse

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Other whitepapers & reports


  • 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)


  • 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


  • 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://archive.org/details/mexicos-universal-internet-access-policy-mexico-conectado-1 [Talk]


  • 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://web.archive.org/web/20221104101224/http://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


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