Weaponizing hate apps: Sulli Deals and Bulli Bai
Hindu supremacists caught using tech tools and social media to target minority women prove again that each supremacism may be uniquely exclusivist but it is always anti-women and communal
Holmes verdict: In the US, it is fine to lie to consumers, but not investors
Hyper-capitalism has systematically weakened regulations to help capital at the cost of consumers. The verdict on Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos simply illustrates the growing post-90s disregard for consumers
What India needs to learn from spiraling gas, electricity prices in Europe
Markets do not solve the problem of energy pricing. What is required is planning and long-term investments in infrastructure
India’s data privacy bill: Commercializing our data and weakening our privacy
India’s government wants to club the commercial use of people’s data with the protection of personal data, and create structures that allow the commercialization of our personal data collected by the government
Not Omicron but greed of capital threatens the world
The deliberate policy of big pharma and rich countries to leave large populations in poorer countries unvaccinated could plunge the world into another downturn
How Facebook algorithms promote hate and toxic content
Whistleblower Frances Haugen has revealed hard evidence—internal Facebook documents—that show it knew its algorithms promote dangerous content but did nothing about it so that it could maximize its advertising revenue.
AUKUS, Quad and India’s losing the plot internationally
Australia has joined the US and UK’s plans to contain China, leaving India unsure in the Quad and isolated in Asia. Tied to a waning imperial power, the US, India is gradually losing strategic autonomy
Science was yet another casualty of COVID-19 in India
A new report by the New York Times shows how the Narendra Modi government completely disregarded scientific evidence to further its immediate political interests during the first and second waves of COVID-19