I’ve dedicated my career to unmasking how digital technologies can both empower and undermine the enjoyment and exercise of our human rights. Since 2013, I’ve been a critical voice challenging techno-solutionist narratives from corporations and governments, focusing on the profound social impacts of digital technologies.
Through public policy analysis and in-depth research, often in collaboration with leading experts across civil society, my work contributes to raise further awareness about how technologies implemented by governments lead to harms on fundamental rights and how concentration of power in the tech industry is hindering society.
In 2015 I joined the Association for Civil Rights (Asociación por los Derechos Civiles, ADC) as a researcher, and later as Ssr. Project Officer. Since then, I’ve worked on multiple projects covering issues such as cyber security, data protection, biometrics, digital identity, encryption, surveillance technologies, among other privacy related topics.
In February 2021, I joined Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) inaugurating the role of Global Partnerships Manager, working with civil society organizations around the world on research and advocacy projects to hold technology companies accountable to human rights standards.
In 2024, Ranking Digital Rights integrated with the World Benchmarking Alliance, where I continue to be involved as the Engagement Lead for RDR under the Digital team. In my new role, I’m continuing to focus on expanding collaboration with and support for civil society organizations around the world, leading efforts to adapt the RDR Index and Digital Inclusion’s benchmarking methodologies, and strengthening civil society coalitions built around the data produced by the benchmarks under the Digital Transformation. I’m also the primary point of contact to facilitate communications with the representatives from the digital platforms and telecommunications companies evaluated in the RDR Index.
Publications: Research papers, reports, and analysis
Freedom on the Net – Argentina 2020 report, Freedom House [independent country analyst and researcher. October 2020]
The State of Communication and Privacy Law in Argentina, Electronic Frontier Foundation [Collaborator. September 2020]
Fintech: privacy challenges in the data economy, ADC (Spanish edition) [Author. April 2019]
Tu yo digital (Your digital self) – Discovering narratives on identity and biometrics in Latin America. ADC [Co-author. April 2019]
Seguidores que no vemos (Followers we don’t see) – A first look at State’s practices of Open-source intelligence (OSINT) and Social media intelligence (SOCMINT) in Argentina. ADC [Author. October 2018]
Derechos humanos y seguridad digital: una pareja perfecta (Human rights and digital security: a perfect couple):
- Parte I – Aportes de la sociedad civil hacia políticas nacionales de seguridad digital que respeten y protejan los derechos humanos [Co-author; January 2018]
- Parte II – El rol de organizaciones multilaterales en la agenda latinoamericana de seguridad digital: El caso de la OEA [Co-author; May 2018]
- Parte III – Seguridad digital para emprendimientos digitales: recomendaciones básicas [Co-author; June 2018]
Alto en el cielo (High in the Sky) – An exploration of aerial surveillance technologies in Argentina. [Co-author. December 2017]
Cuantificando identidades en América Latina (Quantifying identities in Latin America) – An overview of how Latin American societies are facing increasing implementation of biometric technologies. [Co-author. May 2017]
The identity we can’t change – How biometrics undermine our human rights (Spanish edition). [Author. April 2017]
El cambio que no llega (The change that never comes) – An analysis of recent developments in Argentina’s intelligence apparatus. [Co-author. April 2017]
Freedom on the Net, Argentina 2017 report, Freedom House [Collaborator, under ADC]
Defendiendo los derechos humanos en la era digital: el rol del cifrado (Defending human rights in the digital era: the role of encryption). [Author. December 2016]
Cybersecurity in the mass surveillance age (Spanish edition). [Author. September 2016]
Freedom on the Net, Argentina 2016 report, Freedom House [Collaborator with ADC]
Unveiling the cybersecurity Agenda in Latin America: the Argentine case, ADC
- Part I – What do we understand by cyber security? (Spanish edition) [Author; October 2015]
- Part II – Regulatory framework (Spanish edition) [Author; January 2016]
- Part III – The voice of the experts (Spanish edition) [Author; March 2016]
Educar para vigilar: Una investigación acerca de la formación institucional estatal en vigilancia e investigación en el entorno digital (Educating to surveil: An investigation into state institutional training in surveillance and investigation in the digital environment) [Co-author. December 2015]
Public speaking: Events & conferences
OAS-EU-UNGGE Consultation with Non-governmental Experts
Organized by EU Cyber Direct, August 2019. Speaker in session “Rights and freedoms in the cyber norms debate”.
RightsCon 2019
- Session: Getting a Handle on Facial Recognition Tech (Speaker and co-organizer together with Access Now and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights)
- Session: Political Ads on Social Networks: Tearing the curtains of opacity (moderator and co-organizer)
- Session: Putting Users First! The responsibility of tech SMEs in the Global South to respect human rights (Speaker)
- Session: You’re Not Just a Pretty Face: Biometric surveillance has moved beyond face recognition – how do we stop it? (Speaker)
Global Forum on Digital Security for Prosperity, OECD, December 2018
Speaker in session 3 “Active Defence: How Far Can Businesses Go in Proactive Security?“
Internet Governance Forum 2018
Session: Balancing Cybersecurity, Human Rights & Economic Development. Speaker.
Session: Private Sector “hack back”: Where is the limit? Speaker.
“Confidentiality of communications and privacy of data in the digital age“, side event at UN Human Rights Council 39th session
Event organized by Privacy International and the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations. Speaker on the privacy impact of biometric technology.
RightsCon 2018
- Session: Overcoming the black box problem: Scrutinizing automated decisions in the real world (Speaker)
- Session: Fingerprint on the pulse: Challenging the lack of privacy protections for biometric data (Speaker)
Internet Governance Forum 2017
Session: Biometrics and identity in the Global South. Speaker.
Session: The Government Hacks Back – Chaos or Security? A Debate. Speaker.
Internet Governance Forum 2016
[LIGHTNING SESSION] Addressing Cybersecurity Risks & Challenges in Latin America. Speaker and organiser.