JOURNAL ARTICLES
Ortiz Freuler, J. (2025). Infrastructural power: State strategies for internet control. Internet Policy Review.
2025 PTC Emerging Scholar Award
[see: PPT // Recording // Teaching & workshop materials // Op-ed explaining research through the lens of recent events in EU].
The typology provides scholars with a novel analytical framework for examining internet governance preferences, while offering pol
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]
Research supported by an Open Society Foundations (OSF) $5k seed grant.
This study examines how mobile apps handle user requests to access Web content. I
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
Underlying the AI boom, digitization and datafication processes are destabilizing core human rights concepts. This essay maps how these shifts challenge rights framew
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
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Recommended in PoliSci , Diplomacy & InfoSci
After promoting borderless digital infrastructure in the 1990s, the US now e
CONFERENCE PAPERS & PROCEEDINGS
Ortiz Freuler, J. (2025). Website infrastructure dependency and geopolitical risk in Latin America.
Presented at:
GIG-ARTS EU 2025 and ICA 2025
Poster presented at TPRC 2024
This study shows how Latin America’s digital news infrastructure is dominated by US tech giants like Alphabet & Meta. It exposes how this consolidation can constrain journalists’ engagement with audiences and creates geopolitical
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
ESSAY IN SCHOLARLY REPORT
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
ZINE:
Mhlambi, S., Ortiz Freuler, J., & Ricaurte, P. (Eds.). (2019). Think south: Re-imagining the internet.. Emerging Digital Issues from the Global South working group at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.
The zine is a mixture of poetry, indigenous art, and short essays that reflect the conversations of the Emerging Digital Issues from the Global South (EDIG
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 Program on International Cyber Security (Nov 2024) and 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.
- [Presented at Pre-ICA workshop at the University of Denver, Colorado (May 2025)]
- 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 Symposium on Cyber Security and Public Policy, Medford, MA (March 2023)]
- Ortiz-Freuler, J. Digital Taxes and the Reprogramming of the Web: The OECD Project and its Implications for our Information Networks [Presented at Equitable Benefit Sharing Convening organized by Fundação Gertulio Vargas and Open Society Foundations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (July 2023)],
POLICY REPORT
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 perspectiv
STUDENT HANDBOOK
Ortiz Freuler, J.(2022). Datafication and the future of human rights practice. JustLabs.
[See op-ed]
[Included in Platform Governance Syllabus & report commissioned by US State Dept]
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 to navigate
POLICY HANDBOOK
Ortiz Freuler, J. (2021). The Neutrality Pyramid: A policy framework to redistribute power over the net. Web Centralization Monitor.
[Presented as expert testimony before the Constitutional Court of Colombia]
This action-oriented handbook offers a compass for policymakers:
(1) Why the "techlash"
(2) Risks of internet centralization
(3) A response: The Neutrality Pyramid framework.
(4) An
Ortiz Freuler, J., & Iglesias, C. (2018). How are governments in Latin America using artificial intelligence? Web Foundation.
Cited by WHO / ITU, UNICEF, & UN Special Rapporteur on racism
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, admin protocols,
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 on Freedom of Expression, OECD & IFLA
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
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/
Cited by UNESCO & Hoover Inst
Based on expert interviews across Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa, this study was designed to kick-start policy dialogues on AI across
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/
Uncovering methodological malpractice and poten
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. [also in Spanish]
+2,000 views
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
Other whitepapers & reports
- Ortiz Freuler, J., (2025). Pulse 2025: The Trump effect on digital rights in the global majority. [Policy Brief No. 1] Global Network for Social Justice and Digital Resilience.
- 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
- 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