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I Thought My Job Was To Report On Technology In India. Instead, I Got A Front-Row Seat To The Decline Of My Democracy.

I love writing about tech. But covering how a Hindu nationalist government is using it to destroy a secular democracy isn’t what I signed up for.

5 days ago

India Has Its Own Alternative To Twitter. It's Filled With Hate.

Embraced by India's right-wing government, Koo has given a platform to anti-Muslim hostility.

1 month ago

Twitter Says It Won’t Block Journalists, Activists, And Politicians In India To Protect Free Speech

Defying the Indian government could put Twitter officials in jail. But not doing so would mean enabling a crackdown against free speech.

2 months ago

“The Tweets Must Continue To Flow,” Twitter Says Amid Standoff With India

The government has reportedly ordered the company to take down access to nearly 1,200 additional accounts.

2 months ago

Twitter Unblocked Accounts That Criticized India’s Government. Now, Its Employees Are Being Threatened With Jail Time Unless It Blocks Them Again.

The social media company is refusing an order to take down accounts the government wants gone.

2 months ago

Twitter Temporarily Blocked Accounts Critical Of The Indian Government

The government order to block included a movie star, a political commentator, and a prominent magazine. Their accounts have all been restored.

2 months ago

Violent Protests Erupted In India. Then Calls For Police To Shoot The Protesters Went Viral On Twitter.

Twitter did not take “Shoot” off its trending topics for at least a couple of hours — after there was public outcry and after BuzzFeed News emailed asking for comment.

2 months ago

How “The Women For America First” Bus Tour Led To The Capitol Coup Attempt

The Women for America First cross-country tour spent the weeks before its Jan. 6 event spreading election lies and, on occasion, calling for violence.

2 months ago

Google Has Threatened To Pull Search From Australia If It Is Forced To Pay News Publishers For Content

The move could have ripple effects around the world, including in the United States.

2 months ago

WhatsApp Fueled A Global Misinformation Crisis. Now, It’s Stuck In One.

A new privacy policy will be delayed three months after people were confused about what it would mean.

2 months ago

Trump Has Pardoned A Silicon Valley Engineer Who Stole Trade Secrets From Google

A judge had allowed Anthony Levandowski to serve out his 18-month prison sentence after the coronavirus pandemic.

2 months ago

People Are Really Mad About Facebook's Changes To WhatsApp's Privacy Policies

And they are moving to Signal and Telegram as a result.

3 months ago

Trump's Social Media Banishment Now Includes YouTube

The move makes YouTube the latest in a string of technology companies that have limited the president online after his supporters stormed the Capitol last week.

3 months ago

This "Super Granny" Worked Her Entire Life — Until COVID-19 Killed Her

Sushma Mane kept her family going, until she couldn't go any longer.

3 months ago

Protests About Indian Farming Reforms Have Reached Facebook’s Headquarters

Sikhs are rallying in Silicon Valley in support of protesting Indian farmers.

3 months ago

The Head Of Social Media For India's Ruling Party Uses Twitter To Spread Rumors And Lies. Twitter Just Applied A Warning Label To One Of His Tweets.

Critics have been asking American tech companies to apply the same standards to the rest of the world as they do to the US. It might finally be happening.

4 months ago

Apple's New MacBooks Run Faster Apple Chips And Cost The Same As The Old Ones

Apple finally put chips it designed itself into the MacBook Air, the MacBook Pro, and the Mac Mini.

5 months ago

Donald Trump Shows Up First When You Search Twitter For "Loser." Here's Why.

“If an account is mentioned often alongside certain terms, they can become algorithmically surfaced together as an association.”

5 months ago

Donald Trump Jr. Tweeted A World Map That Made Absolutely No Sense

The map gave away disputed territories claimed by India, colored in bodies of water, and left Croatia blank.

5 months ago

US Senators Can't Be Bothered To Pronounce The Google CEO's Last Name Correctly

It's not “pick-eye.”

5 months ago