digital rights activist โ๐พ (privacy ๐, free expression ๐๏ธ, and a fair digital economy ๐ฑ๐), defender of the free and open internet ๐, tweed afficionado ๐งฅ, lover of hexagons โฌก, enjoyer of ๆธฏๅผๅฅถ่ถ (hong kong milk tea) ๐ง and ้บปๅฉ่ฑ่
(mapo tofu) 
, defgecd ๐ท (but the algorithm says i'm addicted to Dismemberment Plan, Million Dead, and TOOL on spotify this month), always curious about our incredible universe ๐๐ฟ, unflappable observer of all cyberculture ๐ฟ, chess patzer with a current lichess blitz rating of 2106 โ, fintechie ๐ท
, bound by core duty 5 in particular โ๏ธ, old-school gamer โ and puzzle solver ๐งฉ, third-culture kid somewhere out there exploring (๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ง๐ซ๐ท๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ซ๐ฎ๐ช๐ธ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฑ๐น๐ท๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ธ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฒ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ด๐ธ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐พ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ท๐ฑ๐น), georgist ๐ฐ pirate ๐ดโโ ๏ธ lib/socdem ๐ธ๐น free-trader ๐ข pan-asian ๐, abiding dude ๐ถ๏ธ, all by the will of steins;gate ...
๐ links that you can follow me on or get in touch:
 digital rรฉsumรฉ: |
izaanlawtech |
 microthoughts: |
@quantequivocal |
 code//projects: |
arbitrage0 |
 (incomplete) essays: |
@zaanji |
 (upcoming) podcast//newsletter: |
whose internet? |
 a game of chess: |
@systematichaos |
 support my milk tea addiction: |
ko-fi/izaan |
| ๐จ email: | yes [at] izaanisalways [dot] online |
๐ writings, publications, articles of interest:
- Data Cooperatives Report: People-Centered Internet (2024), contributor, "An Understanding of Data Cooperatives When Viewed from the Lens of the 2023 YOUthDIG Messages". Launched at the UN Science Summit Digital Governance Series.
- UN IGF Output Report: Policy Network on Internet Fragmentation (2023), lead drafter alongside Vittorio Bertola, "Internet User Experience" section unpacking the issue and recommending a set of five principles to tackle / avoid fragmentation. The topical issues were discussed at a main session of the UN IGF in Kyoto.
- Policy Paper: Youth Perspective on the Global Digital Compact (2023), editor and chapter contributor, "Introduce Accountability Criteria for Discrimination and Misleading Content". Submitted to the United Nations Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology on behalf of the Internet Society Youth Standing Group.
- Local Rules for a Global Network - The Splinternet's Insidious Alternative (2022), author. Op-Ed for the Internet Society on extraterritoriality and Internet fragmentation.
- The Broken Legs of Internet Governance: A Normative Approach to Addressing the Issue of Digital Sovereignty (2022), author. Draft paper presented to the UN IGF Youth Ambassador Fellowship selection committee.
- Analyzing the technology and governance of public blockchains to identify regulatory targets, and to resolve compliance and enforcement tensions in the context of the GDPR (2018), author. LSE Law undergraduate dissertation, First Class.
- Prioritise intent, not effects: A nuanced approach to DDoS cyber attacks and free speech (2017), author. Winning entry for the BARBRI International Cyber Crime Prize, published in the Legal Cheek Journal.
๐ก some of my public appearances: