Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan

Analyst/ editorial manager @ISDGlobal by day; Medievalist by night | @FT reporter turned contributor | @Columbiajourn @OIIoxford @PembrokeOxford | DMs open

[Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan @SVR13]

Seen AI Jim Ratcliffe being chased by AI Laura Kuenssberg recently? It's part of a populist scam network operating, with fraudsters changing narratives to keep up with the zeitgeist
https://t.co/dGXFqjGTI1

[Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan @SVR13]

Possibly my favourite example of anti-Indian discourse in South Africa so far because paprika isn’t even a spice commonly used in India

[Babyliii @xo_babyli]

Deep throating that paprika flavoured Indian dick

[Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan @SVR13]

“This account is pure satire”

[Leonarda Jonie @Leonardaisfunny]

It’s time to start saying openly “racist” things. You either fight for your people on the basis of race or you watch your children be subdued by third world mongrels. There is no other option.

[Shweta Desai @shweta_desai1]

Its all cool. I'm not screaming !

Just got my name published in Routledge Handbook 1st edition alongside some genius folks @AmarAmarasingam, @SVR13 & @surajlakhani

[Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan @SVR13]

Seen an ad for a Reddit thread about BBC presenters pay? It's an expanding scam tactic from the makers of the Andrew Bailey/Martin Lewis scam. All the ads claim to be from https://t.co/B9KSK5oz7b, suggesting that scammers can use a genuine link to hide the fake ones.

[Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan @SVR13]

New scam MO: ads lead either directly to Groman Pro 'trading platform' or a faked Guardian article featuring Jim Ratcliffe/Laura Kuenssber

[Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan @SVR13]

This network is almost 100% Sri Lankan - it follows random Sri Lankan accounts and similar pages with Sri Lankan admins. But for some reason, Meta remains highly inconsistent in the pages where it flags admins' nationality. 3/3

[Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan @SVR13]

I've been getting lots of questions about the impact of commercial misinformation from Sri Lanka, Vietnam etc.
The answer is it depends: the more complex the video, the more likely it is to be inconsistent/plain ridiculous and to get eyerolls instead of likes. 1/?

[Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan @SVR13]

Just a handful of videos but a lot of likes for "free parking in hospital car park" and "bring back cashiers" (which suggests the likely age group) 2/?

[Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan @SVR13]

@RossMcCaff Blowing my own trumpet incessantly on this I'll confess but it's part of this network/pattern (also on Facebook)! https://t.co/dGXFqjGTI1

[Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan @SVR13]

@_IainMartin This is part of the same tactic (and probably network) that flooded the site with Andrew Bailey/Nigel Farage content; the links to Amazon etc seem to be a tactic to disguise the scam ads to get through moderation.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.

[Edward Ongweso Jr @bigblackjacobin]

QUICK now do crypto and your role in promulgating it!

[Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan @SVR13]

@RadishHarmers Currently working on research on this but pretty sure it’s from a KiwiFarms post which was posted here by the CEO! Truly a reputable source for insight into troublesome subcontinentals.

[Sridhar Ramesh @RadishHarmers]

White people think they're so savvy for knowing some Indian words. I know plenty of white words. I speak their whole fucking language. I take their resources and live in their country too. Which of us is the sophisticated cosmopolitan now?

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

Following the horrific killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by ICE and Border Patrol agents in Minnesota, "Commander at Large" Gregory Bovino was reassigned away from his leadership role in the operation.

Journalist Amanda Moore, who has spent months documenting Bovino's activities, notes the violent culture and widespread fear he helped create won't be so easily removed.

Watch @noturtlesoup17's report on Bovino's legacy:

[Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan @SVR13]

@StefanFSchubert Isn't there a parallel to Cambridge Analytica folks who left and made a career off of saying "we were doing mind control" when it was pretty dubious that any of the stuff had a meaningful impact?

[Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan @SVR13]

@whippletom This in particular is part of a populist scam set I wrote about! https://t.co/96UJeBVQea

[Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan @SVR13]

@kath_arison Hey - I'm a UK based journalist, would be really interested in speaking to you about your work.

[Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan @SVR13]

200 bots is not “flooding” the platform! (Obviously this is part of a larger influence op but we don’t know how many people saw these accounts, how long they were up, etc)

[Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz]

As I was just saying, grifters and bad actors are currently flooding platforms with anti AI slop in order to profit or push propaganda. There are legitimate activists fighting over these issues, but it’s crucial to recognize the inauthentic activity seeking to warp the discourse