Julie Owono is the executive Director of Internet Sans Frontieres, and the founder of the Content Policy & Society Lab, a company first incubated at Stanford University, that helps Tech be better for society.
Julie is one of the inaugural members of the Meta Oversight Board, that oversees content moderation decisions on Facebook and instagram. She is also a researcher affiliated with the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard university. Inspired by her professional path, spanning from civil society to Academia, all the way through private sector, Julie Owono has an acute understanding of what it takes to innovate in Tech, while safeguarding the foundational principles of democratic societies. At the intersection of Business and Human Rights, Julie is passionate about creating spaces for collaborations between Tech companies, civil society organizations, Academic institutions, Governments, and finding creative solutions to major governance and policy challenges posed by Technology.
As a researcher affiliated with the Berkman Klein Center, she will continue to explore the benefits of a multistakheholder approach in technology policy and governance. Julie Owono advised the U.S. Department of State on Democracy and Content Moderation. Julie frequently moderates important tech policy debates: she recently served as a moderator of Socrates dialogues on the Metaverse, and another one on the Oversight of AI. Both were convened and organized by the Aspen Institute. Julie serves on the Board of WITNESS, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Dangerous Speech project, and Meedan.
She is also a member of the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) created by France and Canada, of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on AI for Humanity, of the WEF Council on the Connected World. She was one of UNESCO's Ad Hoc Expert Group (AHEG) who drafted the first-ever global standard on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. She was named Business Personality of the year 2022 by the French-American Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco. You may have watched Julie debating current issues on various media, including NPR, CNBC, Al Jazeera, BBC, or France 24. Julie graduated in International Law from La Sorbonne University in Paris, and practiced as a lawyer at the Paris Bar.
