His research focuses on free expression and internet policy. Born and raised in the Netherlands, he completed his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania, and most recently held a public policy role as the Head of Free Expression for Asia-Pacific at Google. He was also a Fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and a co-editor of The Hyperlinked Society: Questioning Connections in the Digital Age (2008). Lokman is also a columnist at The Guardian, as well as a regular blogger, and managed the unofficial website for filmmaker Wong Kar Wai for many years.