Prof. Juan (Joan) Barata Mir

Biography

Joan Barata works on freedom of expression, media and platform regulation, and AI regulation issues. He is a Visiting professor at Faculdade de Direito – Católica no Porto, member of the Center for Law, Democracy and Society – QMUL and academic member of the GNI. He was Senior Legal Fellow at The Future Free Speech project at Vanderbilt University and Fellow of the Program on Platform Regulation at the Stanford Cyber Policy Center. He has published a large number of articles and books on these subjects, both in academic and popular press. His work has taken him in most regions of the world, and he is regularly involved in projects with international organizations such as UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the Organization of American States or the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, where he was the principal advisor to the Representative on Media Freedom. Joan Barata also has experience as a regulator, as he held the position of Secretary General of the Audiovisual Council of Catalonia in Spain and was member of the Permanent Secretariat of the Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities.