Column: Pressing need to look at the funding of journalism, for news that matters
December 27, 2020Journalism in Public Interest has to look at different methods of funding, beyond the sale of fleeting eyeballs to advertisers
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Column: American Exceptionalism and the forced sale of Tik Tok
December 27, 2020this appeared in the FPJ Tik Tok ; banned in India, and facing a ban in the USA unless it is sold to an American buyer, Tik Tok faces a tough battle ahead. But, what does this mean for Government control on…
Column: Advertising Pressure on Platforms that run Hate
December 27, 2020This appeared in the FPJ Last year, when things were somewhat normal, and people went to see comedy shows, comedian Agrima Joshua, during a live show, cracked a joke about the Shivaji statue that is to be installed in the middle of…
Column: Social Media & the Truth
December 20, 2020This appeared in the FPJ Earlier this week, leading advertisers in the United States of America, did the unthinkable. In the face of mounting criticism about the role of social media, in general, and Facebook in particular, in spreading fake news and…
Facebook & Twitter – two interpretations of Freedom
June 6, 2020A few days ago Donald Trump, the President of the United States tweeted, as he usually does But, what was unusual was that twitter slapped a fact check label on this, that derailed the not very stable President of the US. He…
CNBC TV18 Column : The Decade of the Other
January 12, 2020This appeared on the 1st day of the year There are two broad polarised views on the start of the new decade – those who believe that the new decade starts in 2020, and others who believe that it starts next year….
CNBC TV18 Column: Data Privacy and the Cost of Free
January 5, 2020This appeared on the 18 of December It is an universe of data out there – a seemingly infinite supply of data points about you and I, that are sliced and diced, then analysed, so that corporations and politicians can sell us…
CNBC TV18 Column: The Rise of Cyber Sovereignty
January 5, 2020This piece on Cyber Sovereignty appeared on the 15th of November All of us, citizens or businesses, in the real world are subject to some form or other of government regulation. There are checks and balances on our freedoms, and violations of…
CNBC TV18 Column : Twitter Banning Political Ads is not the answer to Fakes
January 5, 2020This piece on Twitter banning Political Ads appeared on the 7th of November Last week, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the platform will not carry any paid political ads. He tweeted “We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on…
CNBC-TV18 Column – Want to curb fake news? Tackle IT cells of political parties first
January 2, 2020This appeared on August 22nd 2019 There is a case before the Supreme Court that looks at the issue of Fake news, and the proposed solution. Representing the Government, Attorney General KK Venugopal is arguing the need to link social media accounts…