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At DECODE, we explore the interactions between technology, internet cultures and society. A product of @boomlive_in to help keep the Internet clean.

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In Bihar’s riverine settlements, a local Facebook news page can be more than a source of information. For Janardan Rai, it helped bring his missing boat home.

@mofussil_scribe reports

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Delhi Police spent Rs 161 crore on 34 signal jammers, but questions remain about how they are used and who oversees their deployment.

An @internetfreedom investigation found conflicting RTI responses, with key deployment records classified as “highly confidential”.

@DecodeInternet spoke to Vikram Raj of Internet Freedom Foundation about the gaps in accountability and what they mean for our right to communicate during protests.

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A WhatsApp group created to help women reach a Delhi protest safely became the basis for a campaign of doxxing, rape threats and allegations of a terror plot.

The next morning, Delhi Police detained its admin, PhD student Vijeyta Rajbhar.

Here’s what happened. 🧵

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The women had created the group to help one another reach a protest safely. Instead, their private messages became public ammunition, their identities were exposed, and the harassment followed them offline.

@HeraRizwan1 reports
https://t.co/qtJeY0cXI2

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A WhatsApp group created to help women reach a Delhi protest safely became the basis for a campaign of doxxing, rape threats and allegations of a terror plot.

The next morning, Delhi Police detained its admin, PhD student Vijeyta Rajbhar.

Here’s what happened. 🧵

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At around 7 am on October 10, Delhi Police arrived at Vijeyta’s home in Burari and detained her. She was taken to Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Bawana, where hundreds were detained amid the wider crackdown on the protest.

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A WhatsApp group created to help women reach a Delhi protest safely became the basis for doxxing, rape threats and allegations of a terror plot. The next morning its admin was detained.

@HeraRizwan1 reports
https://t.co/qtJeY0cpSu

[decode @DecodeInternet]

A WhatsApp group created to help women reach a Delhi protest safely became the basis for doxxing, rape threats and allegations of a terror plot. The next morning its admin was detained.

@HeraRizwan1 reports
https://t.co/qtJeY0cpSu

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Takedowns alone cannot stop AI-generated intimate image abuse.

A new report by Decode Internet and Tattle Civic Technologies outlines ways to tackle the infrastructure enabling non-consensual synthetic imagery.

https://t.co/sJc5xpfd6h

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Delhi Police detained at least 37 journalists. Beat a reporter with gun for not deleting footage. Grabbed many on camera.

Lawyers chased buses across the city. One argued for hours to free a minor whose Aadhaar the cop refused. Another’s car tyres were slashed outside a PS. ⬇️

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Can covering your face still protect your identity at a protest? A former UK biometrics commissioner examines how AI is changing the terms of anonymity. Read these stories and more in this week’s Decode This Week:
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No roads led to Jantar Mantar. Barricades, detentions, internet shutdowns and surveillance shaped Delhi’s October 10 protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar. This week’s Decode This Week looks at what happened on the streets, and the questions it leaves behind.

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The October 10 protest adds to India’s long record of internet shutdowns, while a Delhi Police order on its surveillance system leaves key questions about facial recognition, biometric data and safeguards unanswered.

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At least 37 journalists were detained over two days. Phones were seized, footage deleted. Hours after the Supreme Court ordered that journalists “shall not be hindered in any manner,” a police officer said: “We haven’t read it.”

@adrijabose reports
https://t.co/PSIisRdawX