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 

[->Poster]

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

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

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

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

Ortiz Freuler, J. (2024). Infrastructural power: State strategies for internet sovereignty. PTC 2025 Conference Paper

[Recording-Lightning Talk at SOTN]

Fortcoming via Internet Policy Review (IPR)

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 st

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 

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

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

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

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

[See op-ed]

Datafication transforms human rights landscapes, reshaping public and private spheres. By analyzing past impacts and future risks and opportunities, this report equips students and practitioners to navigate how evolving data-driven systems will shape rights and freedoms in the coming years...

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

This action-oriented report to redistribute digital power offers a 4-step compass for tech policymakers: (1) Context: Why the internet is on trial; (2) Risks of centralization; (3) The Neutrality Pyramid policy framework: combining net, device, platform neutrality & persona

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 are adopting AI, facing twin challenges of effectiveness and legitimacy. Analyzing four cases from Argentina/Uruguay, we identify four key areas for focus—data creation, tool design, pr

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 curation gaps: users saw just 1 in 6 posts, wi

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