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Juan Ortiz Freuler
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Emerging Tech: Law - Power - Policy
Geopolitical Cycles & Tech for Active Non-Alignment
PhD Candidate #USCAnnenberg

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Juan Ortiz Freuler @juanof9.bsky.social · May 20
🏗️INFRASTRUCTURAL POWER🕸️

Just published a 🌟new article🌟 @policyr.bsky.social exploring strategies governments use to manage critical internet control points. Dive into a fresh typology and six real-world examples.

-> policyreview.info/articles/ana... // #InternetGovernance #GigArts2025
Figure 1: A typology of infrastructural responses to the identification of a point of control in the network as deployed by governments across the world (developed by the author).
juanof9.bsky.social
The Amazon Web Services outage shows how a handful of corporate players control sensitive information chokepoints.

These chokepoints can be leveraged to advance commercial or political agendas.

Here are 6 strategies Governments are using to neutralize them:
policyreview.info/articles/ana...
October 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Reposted by Juan Ortiz Freuler
jonathanrozen.bsky.social
What are epistemic rights?

My latest explores how this concept can enhance our ability to define, expose, and confront threats to press freedom and democracy.

www.openglobalrights.org/epistemic-ri...
Epistemic rights help explain attacks on the press
This concept can enhance investigations and connect concerns when journalists are targeted.
www.openglobalrights.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Newsletter #22 of the Non-Aligned Tech Movement is out:

Geopolitical shake-ups in the lower layers of the stack: Semiconductors, Chips, Minerals 🌋 nonalignedtech.net/22-geopoliti... #NAM -> #NATM
October 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
juanof9.bsky.social
Will human rights guide technological development?
Here's a 5-part series featuring experts from around the world I curated for #OpenGlobalRights:
(Link in comment)
Screenshot of the editorial text: "The digitization of identities is reshaping how states see and interact with the public. Grace Mutung’u highlights how programs in Kenya and Uganda exclude vulnerable communities from essential services. For example, incorrect birth dates are denying elders pensions, and thousands are being stripped of citizenship, all under the guise of increasing efficiency. “Smart” borders: Despite the promises of a borderless digital world, the border walls are growing taller—and smarter. Petra Molnar reveals how “smart borders” have become systems of surveillance, exclusion, and violence. From drones patrolling the Mediterranean to AI lie detectors at checkpoints, “smart” border tech is turning humans into “problems to be solved.” Moreover, the right to asylum is being eroded at a moment in which the collapse of ecosystems and wars make the movement of humans inevitable. E-carceration apps: Carceral technologies, often marketed as humane alternatives to incarceration, are extending psychological torture beyond prison walls while stripping individuals of autonomy and dignity. Nedah Nemati and Dasha Pruss explain how ankle monitors and facial recognition systems transform everyday life into a state of constant surveillance and control. Incessant device alerts induce sleep deprivation, and bulky monitors lead to medieval-style public humiliation."https://www.openglobalrights.org/will-human-rights-guide-technological-development/
October 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Reposted by Juan Ortiz Freuler
claudioruiz.com
We need an infrastructural revolution for supporting digital rights ↓ www.openglobalrights.org/networks-ove...
Networks over organizations: An infrastructural revolution for digital rights
The digital rights movement faces a funding crisis, autocratic tech, and fragmentation. The antidote? Radically networking its resources and agenda.
www.openglobalrights.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
juanof9.bsky.social
Newsletter #21 of the Non-Aligned Tech Movement is out: AI Action Plans, corporate Chin-exit🪂…and non-aligned dreams?
nonalignedtech.net/21-ai-action...
September 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Newsletter #20 of the Non-Aligned Tech Movement is out!

–> Sovereign Tech Shifts 🔀 | South Korea’s AI Play, US-China Chip Tax, & Iran’s GPS Exit?

-> nonalignedtech.net/20-sovereign...
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#NATM #GPS #BeiDou #WhatsApp #China #USA #EU #NonAlignedMovement
August 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
juanof9.bsky.social
NEW: Is NVidia baking kill-switches into AI chips? China thinks so...

"China’s cyber regulator...said US AI experts had “revealed that Nvidia’s computing chips have location tracking and can remotely shut down the technology”.
www.ft.com/content/e490...
July 31, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Reposted by Juan Ortiz Freuler
techpolicypress.bsky.social
If the Snowden revelations sparked concern that the US was leveraging global networks to pull data in for espionage, the current fear is that its control over the networks and today’s digital platforms means it can cut off its supposed adversaries altogether, writes Juan Ortiz Freuler.
'Kill Switch Shield' and the Recurring Erosion of Trust in US Tech | TechPolicy.Press
Juan Ortiz Freuler examines how US sanctions reveal new risks to dependencies on US tech and prompt global shifts in internet governance and sovereignty.
www.techpolicy.press
July 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
juanof9.bsky.social
Tomorrow at 11 AM, I’ll be presenting my research on how lessons from disarmament processes can help us dismantle propaganda systems and safeguard the internet as a shared space for knowledge. #IPSA2025 – Room 4F 402
July 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
juanof9.bsky.social
🚨 Unilateral US sanctions weaponize tech...and the world is pushing back:

• ICC locked out of email after US sanctions
• UN Rapporteur sanctioned
• Denmark dumps Windows for open-source
...& more...

👇 Full analysis in #NATM Newsletter #19
nonalignedtech.net/19-as-us-hit...
July 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
juanof9.bsky.social
Globalization & interdependence are increasingly being weaponized to advance narrow geopolitical agendas. From #Hormuz to #Panama; #Starlink to #AppStore

As existing institutions & norms shake, policymakers scramble to:

Identify chokepoints
+Define what
CAN be done
SHOULD be done
#IGF2025
sketch of centralized networks with a point of control and different interventions aimed at solving them. Ref: https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/infrastructural-power-state-strategies
June 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
juanof9.bsky.social
Heading off to #IGF2025 !

Drop a line if you're planning to attend!
June 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
juanof9.bsky.social
NATM Newsletter #18:

🪖 The military turn among US tech corps
🏗️ Harnessing infrastructural power
🇨🇳🇺🇸 China more popular than the US in most countries polled
...and more-> nonalignedtech.net/18-the-milit...
Sketch of a flower blooming in between a red and a blue block
June 18, 2025 at 5:50 AM
juanof9.bsky.social
Happening tomorrow (Saturday) 10:30–11:45am @ Mt. Princeton
(Grand 3 - #ICA25 / #ICA2025 ) #MediaInfrastructures
juanof9.bsky.social Juan Ortiz Freuler @juanof9.bsky.social · Jun 11
Heading to Denver for #ICA2025 ! On Saturday I will be dissecting how Latin American online newspapers depend on third-party infrastructure and the commercial and geopolitical risks this represents. Manuscript available on my website.
June 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
juanof9.bsky.social
Heading to Denver for #ICA2025 ! On Saturday I will be dissecting how Latin American online newspapers depend on third-party infrastructure and the commercial and geopolitical risks this represents. Manuscript available on my website.
June 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
juanof9.bsky.social
Heading to #GIGARTS2025!
I'll be presenting on #InternetGovernance & #DigitalSovereignty

1)State Strategies to deal w/ Points of Control: policyreview.info/articles/ana...

2)Threats to Informational Sovereignty: Latin American Newspapers papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Full agenda at gig-arts.eu
Figure 1 of the paper, showing networks and their chokepoints (like cobwebs with a central location) and strategies governments deploy to deal with the central point Poster version of the paper
May 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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policyr.bsky.social
[New paper] Infrastructural power: State strategies for internet control, By @juanof9.bsky.social
policyreview.info/articles/ana... #undersea #telecom
May 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
juanof9.bsky.social
🏗️INFRASTRUCTURAL POWER🕸️

Just published a 🌟new article🌟 @policyr.bsky.social exploring strategies governments use to manage critical internet control points. Dive into a fresh typology and six real-world examples.

-> policyreview.info/articles/ana... // #InternetGovernance #GigArts2025
Figure 1: A typology of infrastructural responses to the identification of a point of control in the network as deployed by governments across the world (developed by the author).
May 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
juanof9.bsky.social
📰Newsletter #17 of the Non-Aligned Tech Movement ( #NATM) is now out!

♟️🗺️Regional castling? Trump deals in the Middle East / China in Latin America + Bandung's 70th Anniversary

-> Newsletter: nonalignedtech.net/17-regional-...

📩-> Sign-up: lists.riseup.net/www/subscrib...
two king-chess pieces in front of a global map. One piece is covered by the US flag, the other a Chinese flag
May 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
juanof9.bsky.social
Mild progress in the Gmail choice screen. Now they make your default browser actually look like a browser...Although its underhanded for them to continue to promote their own browsers in that choice screen. Browsers I have chosen *NOT* to have on my phone.

Before / After
May 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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financialtimes.com
Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
May 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
juanof9.bsky.social
"For, alas, history is not only (as we are so often told) the history of human courage, but also the history of human faintheartedness; and politics is ... but a servile bowing of the knee by the so-called leaders before the demons they have themselves created." (Zweig -> Fouché)
May 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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josephcox.bsky.social
New from 404 Media: we've published the full internal Palantir wiki in which it argues why it is working with ICE. It is rare for outsiders to get insight from a tech company on why it might decide to work on a project like this. Spelled out acronyms but left unedited www.404media.co/this-is-pala...
This Is Palantir’s Justification for Building ICE’s Master Database
404 Media is now publishing the full internal wiki page in which Palantir explains its work with ICE building a system for finding the location of people to deport.
www.404media.co
April 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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hypervisible.blacksky.app
Can’t stress enough how harmful it is for prominent people to do glowing promotions for surveillance devices during the rise of authoritarianism and assaults on bodily autonomy.
April 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM