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The Future of Everything with Russ Altman: E141 | Julie Owono: How local voices will shape the global internet An expert in international law and digital content explains why she thinks the future of the worldwide internet is very much in local hands. Julie Owono is a lawyer, executive director of Internet Sans Frontières and a fellow at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. She wants the world to know that the internet is the not the same for every person, everywhere. Born in Cameroon, and having grown up in Russia, she understands firsthand that every nation sets and maintains its own content standards. Owono has dedicated her career to establishing and securing basic digital rights, but also to developing standards by which social media giants—like Facebook, Google and Twitter—can distinguish hate speech from free speech. In many ways, Owono says, the global internet is a local endeavor. Owono tells Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcast and host Russ Altman that this