The Startup bubble: How it works | With Aunindyo Chakravarty
Senior journalist Aunindyo Chakravarty analyzes the tech startup bubble and explains how these start-ups raise money, and why it the sector remains one of the last avenues for finance capital to engage in speculation
TikTok on trial: The latest front in the US tech war on China
Make no mistake: the TikTok hearings had nothing to do with the baseless threat of Chinese surveillance and everything to do with maintaining the dominance of US capitalism.
Daily Round-up | Western sanctions hampering earthquake relief in Syria & other stories
In today’s episode, we bring you stores of sanctions hampering earthquake relief in Syria, the recent Ecuadorian elections, NHS workers continuing their strikes, and a Kenyan court allowing Meta to be sued
“Meta/Facebook is unlikely to reform voluntarily and would have to be regulated”
Facebook whistleblower Sophie Zhang talks about why she did not depose before an Indian parliamentary committee and why it’s unlikely that the digital giant will change its behavior
Exclusive: What Made Sophie Zhang a Whistleblower
In the first part of an interview with NewsClick, Facebook whistleblower Sophie Zhang talks about what motivated her to reveal details about the corporation’s multiple failures
By banning Russian media outlets, EU exposes its discomfort with alternative narratives of the Ukrainian crisis
In an unprecedented move, the European Commission has banned Russian news outlets RT and Sputnik across the EU, calling them ‘Kremlin Media Machines’ and accusing them of indulging in pro-Russia propaganda
Outsourced Facebook content moderators face trauma, exploitation and other stories
Today we look at the exploitation faced by outsourced Facebook workers in Kenya, the worsening crisis in Yemen amid a UN aid shortfall, and more
India’s data privacy bill: Commercializing our data and weakening our privacy
India’s government wants to club the commercial use of people’s data with the protection of personal data, and create structures that allow the commercialization of our personal data collected by the government
Facebook whistleblower’s revelation on ‘profits over safety’ model
Senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and tech expert Bappa Sinha discuss the Frances Haugen revelations on Facebook, the perils of its business model and what can be done to regulate the company
How Facebook algorithms promote hate and toxic content
Whistleblower Frances Haugen has revealed hard evidence—internal Facebook documents—that show it knew its algorithms promote dangerous content but did nothing about it so that it could maximize its advertising revenue.
Facebook and Australian govt strike deal, to insert amendments to media code
The government has agreed to four amendments to the contentious News Media Bargaining Code, allowing platforms like Google and Facebook to bypass the code
Facebook’s news censorship in Australia: A battle between monopolies
Facebook’s sweeping ban on news content has also affected non-news websites. Apart from blocking crucial public information websites, left-wing parties, trade unions and progressive movements have also been censored






