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"Algorithms of social media companies often function like the editor of a racist newspaper”-Interview with Bansree AS

Interview Bansree AS is a rationalist and content creator whose YouTube channel aims to make non hegemonic intellectual discourses accessible to the general public. In this interview he discusses how digital platforms owned by big technology companies accentuate the visibility of certain narratives while casting other voices to obscurity, reflects on anti-caste politics and the difficulty to build a space for non hegemonic ideas within the public sphere.

By Fathima Nizaruddin

The 2022 Philippine President Elections are Over: When Will the Fake News Stop?

In Perspective Straight from the tyrants’ playbook, the Marcos family destroyed the fragile information ecosystem and democracy in the Philippines by presenting alternative truths. Their family legitimized the distortion of facts for self-serving purposes

Possibilities for Creating Thinking Spaces to Resist Right-Wing Digital Circulations

In Perspective An exploration about the ways in which right-wing digital circulations can be challenged by creating thinking spaces within communities through the use of arts-based research

By Fathima Nizaruddin