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[Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork]

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[Nikhil Pahwa @nixxin]

1. No wounds with iSpirt and aadhaar. I have disagreements with iSpirt and I have a problem with the mass surveillance system built around Aadhaar that Nandan has knowingly enabled and helped create.

2. Nandan has worked pretty closely with the BJP govt. Party in power doesn’t appear to matter, but you would know better since you’ve worked with him and written a book with him.

3. Nandan is broadly perceived as being competent about technology. That doesn’t mean he is. Aadhaar has less access control than Wordpress, and you know that. Remember Rachana Khaira’s expose about Aadhaar read-write access being sold over Whatsapp? Under Nandan’s watch.

He’s a great sales guy, though. I know he thrives in selling bullshit surveillance tech during such windows: like we saw with UHID during COVID. Other peoples pain is his opportunity.

[AN @NeetLefty]

@acorn I agree with this framing, but then the state should codify it in law to prevent arbitrary application of power. Yes, WA has traits of a public infra, but so does social media at large. But alas, creating an exemption to the intermediary liability law will upset the US trade rep.

[AN @NeetLefty]

@UIDAI I need to go forward with an urgent aadhaar update. Please help!

[AN @NeetLefty]

@GearHeadonly @enough_yt Mere liye hai

[AN @NeetLefty]

@abimrsty Think so

[Vikas Kathuria @Kathuria18]

Many Indian think tanks act as lobbyists—publishing sponsored research without disclosure. In our @ThePrintIndia op-ed, we highlight this problem, esp. around the Draft Digital Competition Bill. Should disclosures be mandated by law? @nixxin @apar1984
https://t.co/xmeN00cNMH

[Aroon Deep @AroonDeep]

Here's the link: https://t.co/KcjtzqbmBz

[AN @NeetLefty]

How many heads does Brahma have?

20

Four heads and four foreheads.

[RAWU @RAWU_Delhi]

Today RAWU submitted a Demand Charter to the Delhi Labour Dept containing demands such as recognition of gig workers as workers, regulating working hours, minimum wages etc. It was submitted with signs of hundreds of gig workers from across Delhi NCR demanding immediate action

[AIITEU @aiiteu]

@aiiteu condemns the anti-worker deployment policy introduced by @TCS that delegates the job to employees to find billable projects. It is a just another tactic to push more employees into PIP leading to consequent #layoffs. Our representative spoke to @NDTVProfit on this issue.

[RAWU @RAWU_Delhi]

🚨One of the country’s largest quick-commerce platforms, @ZeptoNow, is shamelessly
imposing a system of “digital bonded labour” on a section of its workers through its Rural
Mobilization program — at a time when it's all set to go for a fresh round of IPO

Full statement 👇

[Mohammed Ismail @ismail_mo08]

https://t.co/4vdUiVtad5

Zubair’s getting love from everyone now, even from his right-wing trolls! 💥

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[Darab Farooqui @darab_farooqui]

Happy New year to all the Indians from:

1. Umar Khalid
2. Shajeel Imam
3. Gulfisha Fatima
4. Shifa ur-Rehman
5. Meeran Haider
6. Khalid Saifi
7. Rona Wilson
8. Surendra Gadling
9. Mahesh Raut
10. Sudhir Dhawale
11. Shoma Sen
12. Gautam Navlakha
13. Sagar Tatyarao Gorakhe
14. Hany Babu
15. Ramesh Gaichor
16. Sagar Gorakhe
17. Jyoti Jagtap
18. Khurram Parvez

Hope you all have a free and fair New Year.

[disha verma @di_shawarma]

This is my reporting debut turning out exactly how I dreamed: under the sharpest mentorship; on questions & ideas I spent 2024 stewing in. Big thanks @PySamarth @theplankmag

Read now—The AI Eyes That Refuse To See: inside Lucknow’s smart policing network

https://t.co/RiAESzpkZ4

[Double Down News @DoubleDownNews]

Everything That's Wrong with Liberal Centrism in Under 3 mins

As told by the late great David Graeber

[Omar Rashid @omar7rashid]

1. Disagree with William Dalrymple's argument that WhatsApp uni history is witnessing a growth due to failure of Indian historians to reach the masses. There is a counter movement at play, much stronger than academia and is organic, that actively promotes unscientific ideas...