Dirgayuza Setiawan
Country: | United Kingdom |
Email: | yuza [at] dirgayuza.com |
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LinkedIn: | Dirgayuza Setiawan |
Twitter: | @dirgayuza |
Yuza is a changemaker, producer, and technologist currently pursuing an MSc in Social Science of the Internet at the Oxford Internet Institute, the University of Oxford. He is a prolific author of 12 books, including the bestselling Mac OS X and Facebook how-to book in Indonesia. As a changemaker, he played a significant role in the online campaign for the 2012 Jakarta election, 2013 Bandung election and 2014 General election in Indonesia. His role in this campaign is covered by the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Jakarta Globe, Jakarta Post and Tempo Magazine.
Yuza is passionate about increasing the availability of positive content for students and lifelong learners, reducing "the gap" between the Indonesian people and the people in power, and making a better and safer Internet for children. He is a proud member of the Indonesian Youth Diplomacy, Indonesia Youth Parliament, British Council's Global Changemakers program and NextGen@ICANN program. In ICANN 56, he presented his research on age verification for minors on social networking platforms.