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Abhishek
@abhisheksay.bsky.social
Journalist/Researcher with Alt News 🕵️
Debunking mis/disinformation
Email - abhishek@altnews.in
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Sudan’s army carries out ethnic killings in Gezira state

Detailed reporting from Al Jazeera featuring verification work by CIR's Sudan Witness team 👇
Sudan’s army accused of ethnic killings after recapturing strategic city
Sudan’s army was welcomed after taking Wad Madani, but has been accused of carrying out reprisal attacks since then.
aljazeera.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The Community Notes model hasn't proven to be very effective, now misinformation will spread like weed on Meta.

Many organisations worldwide will cease operations due to insufficient funds.

Alt News readers need not worry, we depend on our donors for our operational expenses.
January 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Women leaders 👀
December 12, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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Media regulator fails to properly protect freedom of expression in online safety draft guidance www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/12/medi...
Media regulator fails to properly protect freedom of expression in online safety draft guidance - Index on Censorship
Index on Censorship criticises Ofcom’s inadequate ‘passing references’ to users’ privacy rights and warns of legal battles if draft guidance on encryption is not updated
www.indexoncensorship.org
December 12, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Alt News issues statement on co-founder Mohammad Zubair case.

Uttar Pradesh police has booked journalist Mohammed Zubair under sections equivalent to sedition in the IPC for reporting hate speech by a hate-monger and repeat offender Hindutva fanatic Yati Narsinghanand.
November 27, 2024 at 3:26 PM
wait, what?! veg biryani wale idhar bhi aa gaye? tauba-tauba. koi jagah to baksh do maharajo. 😬
November 22, 2024 at 8:39 AM
In case you are looking for a tool to find and follow users from your Twitter/X following list on Bluesky.
chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...
Sky Follower Bridge - Chrome Web Store
Instantly find and follow the same users from your Twitter follows on Bluesky.
chromewebstore.google.com
November 16, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Since X has become a p*rn sharing platform, Elon hid the likes so that while people like him do their thing with one hand, the other hand doesn't accidentally like the video they are watching.
June 13, 2024 at 6:51 AM
I got to share my experience and a part of my research on platform accountability with a network of like-minded individuals and organizations interested in holding Big Tech accountable. Read this report by Ekō, The London Story and India Civil Watch.

🔎 thelondonstory.org/report/sland...
April 19, 2024 at 5:58 AM
Just an X thing. It limits the visibility of posts that despise Jews, but not those that despise Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians.
December 24, 2023 at 4:14 PM
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I wrote something for the first time in six months. It’s a bunch of thoughts that I have developed over time which essentially concludes that the open internet is dead

Issue #1: An obituary for the open internet that we once knew
Issue #1: An obituary for the open internet that we once knew
If you’ve landed on this article, chances are you’ve encountered the frustrating pop-up demanding that you sign-up to access the website…
themonolith.medium.com
December 24, 2023 at 12:05 PM
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New motto in life just dropped.
September 4, 2023 at 5:39 PM
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You can’t spell international tech without IIT.
The exclusive network behind India’s global tech success
How IIT school degrees became a fast track to tech royalty.
restofworld.org
August 8, 2023 at 3:51 PM
Bring some more good folks here.
Two invite codes available.
Good folks here, I have two bsky invite codes Please say you can use them good.
July 24, 2023 at 3:34 PM
Twitter office scene, every week.
July 2, 2023 at 6:09 AM
The U.S. State Department is offering $5M reward for info on Swedish gangster Maximilian Rivkin, an alleged key distributor of Anom Phones - an encrypted phone company the FBI secretly managed in order to wiretap criminals worldwide.
State Department Offers $5 Million for Information on Key Anom Distributor
The FBI secretly created its own encrypted phone company. Now the U.S. government wants help capturing Maximilian Rivkin, one of its alleged top brass.
www.vice.com
June 12, 2023 at 8:20 AM
Signal adds feature to change app icon on home screen & app drawer for Android. The 4 alternative icons & names like News, Notes, Weather, Waves can help to hide the app from other people who may use other's phone. Although this will not change the app notification icon & name.
May 26, 2023 at 11:20 AM
SimpleX Chat is the future? "The first messenger without user IDs"? It doesn’t require a phone number or email. @jack.bsky.social believes it will give a tough competition to Signal, and the app's website also explains how it differentiates itself from matrix based messengers and other apps.
May 26, 2023 at 11:15 AM