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    Column: Legalised Lawlessness and the British Empire

    October 29, 2022 by calamur
  • Books / Reviews

    Review – Animal Farm by George Orwell, narrated by Stephen Fry

    January 8, 2022 by calamur
  • Soul by Pixar
    Films / Reviews

    Film Review: Soul by Pixar – a balm for weary souls

    January 2, 2021 by calamur
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    Book Review: Bhima the Lone Warrior

    April 18, 2020 by calamur
  • Star Trek Picard
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    Review: Star Trek Picard

    April 13, 2020 by calamur
  • Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal
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    Book Review : Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal

    January 25, 2020 by calamur
  • Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal
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    On Reading – From being a Lapsed reader to Starting to Read Regularly Again

    January 12, 2020 by calamur
  • Natasha Mehra Must Die
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    Book Review : Natasha Mehra Must Die by Anand Sivakumaran

    January 3, 2019 by calamur
  • Books / Reviews

    Book Review : The Internet Trap – How the Digital Economy Builds Monopolies and Undermines Democracy

    November 22, 2018 by calamur
  • India Connected - Ravi Aggarwal
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    Book Review : India Connected

    November 9, 2018 by calamur

Category: Social Media

Social Media

Zuckerberg vs Musk, the Threads-Twitter showdown
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Zuckerberg vs Musk, the Threads-Twitter showdown

January 7, 2024 by calamur

This appeared in FPJ on 31st July 2023 There is a war between two of the richest men on the planet, both of whom want to control our hearts, minds, and attention with social media. Mark Zuckerberg   has gone on record calling…

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The Unseen Toll of Social Media
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The Unseen Toll of Social Media

January 7, 2024 by calamur

This appeared in FPJ in July 2023 In the era of social media, where ‘likes’ have become a currency of popularity and a measure of ‘coolness,’ a peculiar trend known as ‘wardrobing’ has surfaced. Also dubbed the ‘snap and send back’ culture,…

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Column – The Tizzy over Free Speech on Twitter
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Column – The Tizzy over Free Speech on Twitter

April 22, 2023 by calamur

Elon Musk bought Twitter a month ago, and ever since that incident, it seems like a free for all slugfest. Musk conducted public polls to restore the accounts of many, including former US President Donald Trump, American Rapper Kayne West, Canadian Psychologist…

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Column: Migrating from the bird to the elephant?
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Column: Migrating from the bird to the elephant?

April 22, 2023 by calamur

Mastodon, and sites like that, are part of the federated universe, what the original internet was supposed to be – a bunch of servers, interlinked and interoperable – that cater to different interests and needs. My column for the FPJ, Named after…

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Column :  The Attention Economy Shrinks for Big Tech (and everyone else)
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Column : The Attention Economy Shrinks for Big Tech (and everyone else)

October 29, 2022 by calamur

The Attention Economy is based around monetising our attention and engagement. But, we the user, are getting increasingly distracted. I write for the FPJ on the 28th of April Way back, in the early days of the internet, the technology landscape was…

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Column: Big Tech Censorship – Who Watches the Watchmen?
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Column: Big Tech Censorship – Who Watches the Watchmen?

December 31, 2021 by calamur

This piece on Big Tech and censorship appeared in the FPJ on the 7th of June 2021 On the 1st of June this year, Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari made his government’s equivalent of “goli maaro saalon ko” tweet. Sending out a stern…

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Column: Australia vs Big Tech, and how to save News
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Column: Australia vs Big Tech, and how to save News

December 31, 2021 by calamur

This article appeared in the FPJ on 22nd February, 2021 Big Tech has grown to an extent where it can challenge the authority and might of the Nation State. And this power derivers from their monopoly control over our data sets arising…

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Column: Foreign Social Media Companies must Follow the Law of the Land
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Column: Foreign Social Media Companies must Follow the Law of the Land

December 31, 2021 by calamur

This appeared in the FPJ, on the 15th of February As Twitter faces off with the Indian Government, it forms an interesting precedence for the way social media platforms interact in countries, and societies – and brings into question the role of…

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Column: Extremism and Big Tech – a relationship that threatens the world
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Column: Extremism and Big Tech – a relationship that threatens the world

January 17, 2021 by calamur

i write for the FPJ on the link between Big Tech and Extremism Last week, a mob of white extremists, egged on by a President who refused to accept the November election results, attempted to overturn the US elections, and overthrow the…

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Column: Advertising Pressure on Platforms that run Hate
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Column: Advertising Pressure on Platforms that run Hate

December 27, 2020 by calamur

This 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…

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Harini Calamur –  works at the intersection of digital content, technology, and audiences. I write mainly on Economics, Development, Politics, Media bias, Science Communication, and review the content that I consume

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