Irene Poetranto

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Irene Poetranto is a senior researcher at the Citizen Lab, based at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, and a PhD candidate at the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, where she studies the politics of internet regulation in Southeast Asia.

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New Digital Dilemmas: Resisting Autocrats, Navigating Geopolitics, Confronting Platforms

The Digital Democracy Network’s contributors offer global perspectives on digital repression trends, the role of tech platforms, digital sovereignty, and the impact of geopolitics and governance on technology.

· November 29, 2023
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Issues on the Frontlines of Technology and Politics

Global political trends in recent years have put to rest any illusions that the relationship between technological innovation and progress in democratic politics would be largely positive. Digital technology is disrupting international politics in myriad ways.

· October 19, 2021
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Digital Repression: Confronting the Evolving Challenge
October 19, 2021

To address issues of digital repression, the Carnegie Endowment has assembled the Digital Democracy Network—a diverse group of cutting-edge thinker-activists engaged in work on technology and politics. This event marks the launch of the network’s first compilation and their effort to describe challenges to governance posed by digital technology.

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The UN Struggles to Make Progress on Securing Cyberspace

UN member states have attempted to devise rules for state behavior in cyberspace. Yet disagreements have hampered those efforts, and the root causes of cyber instability remain.

  • Arindrajit Basu
  • Irene Poetranto
  • Justin Lau
· May 19, 2021