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POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Mark Zuckerberg did not ban Trump to save democracy, he banned him to save Facebook
For years, Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook turned a blind eye to everything the ultra-right and Trumpists did on the platform. All in the name of free speech.
VARIETY
| 6-minute read
Aarogya Setu is similar to Chinese tracking app. For a democracy, it is too close for comfort
While the world is balancing privacy and public health even in this difficult time, the Indian government's Aarogya Setu app is emulating Chinese government's all-controlling, all-tracking system.
VARIETY
| 5-minute read
The great hoax of India
The country lives from moment to moment, without forming a memory, without contemplating the past or the future.
LIFE
| 6-minute read
When We Spoke: In memory of all the deep, meaningful conversations we have lost thanks to instant messaging
News flash: Conversation, as we know it, is dead and there is nothing we can do about it. The culprit through, is someone we all love and adore.
SCI-TECH
| 5-minute read
Pulwama attack aftermath: Why it's a moment of reckoning for WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and Google
Much has been theorised about how big tech and social media have disrupted societies across the world. The aftermath of Pulwama is this theory demonstrated in practice.
SCI-TECH
| 4-minute read
Bandersnatch is not just fun, it may herald a dystopian future
Interactive videos may turn out to be mindless fun and good entertainment, but they may also enable a kind of dystopia that will go beyond even the ones imagined in sci-fi novels.
SCI-TECH
| 6-minute read
I now worry about every click I make because they are watching us
The internet remembers every click we make and then uses the information to define you and me.
VARIETY
| 5-minute read
Spoilt with choices? Why 'Black Mirror' episode 'Bandersnatch' is not the future of entertainment
The interactivity offered by this episode of 'Black Mirror' on Netflix is overbearing.
SCI-TECH
| 5-minute read
2018 showed us that democracy can be hacked using Facebook. This should make us worry about 2019
The problem is that our belief in the goodness of technology blindsided us to the devil inside us humans.
POLITICS
| 6-minute read