Anmol Alphonso
@anmolalphonso.bsky.social
He/him. Journalist @boomlive.in | tweets about #misinformation, #politics, #culture | Liberal. (PS: views are personal
Historic! New York City elects Zohran Mandani (34), its first Indian-origin Muslim mayor. Born in Uganda, he is the son of Bollywood filmmaker Mira Nair and academic Mahmood Mamdani, a Gujarati Muslim. #NewYork #ZohranMamdani #Diversity
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Historic! New York City elects Zohran Mandani (34), its first Indian-origin Muslim mayor. Born in Uganda, he is the son of Bollywood filmmaker Mira Nair and academic Mahmood Mamdani, a Gujarati Muslim. #NewYork #ZohranMamdani #Diversity
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The #CASResearchGroup around Sahana Udupa @sahanaudupa.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social has come to an end, but the project will continue.
www.cas.lmu.de/de/programme...
www.cas.lmu.de/de/programme...
October 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The #CASResearchGroup around Sahana Udupa @sahanaudupa.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social has come to an end, but the project will continue.
www.cas.lmu.de/de/programme...
www.cas.lmu.de/de/programme...
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A summary of the policy report can be found on the TechPolicy.Press website: www.techpolicy.press/policy-direc...
Policy Directions on Encrypted Messaging and Extreme Speech | TechPolicy.Press
Encryption, disinformation, and democracy: rethinking policy for messaging apps with rights-based safeguards.
www.techpolicy.press
September 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A summary of the policy report can be found on the TechPolicy.Press website: www.techpolicy.press/policy-direc...
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Encrypted Messaging & Extreme Speech: How can we tackle harmful content without compromising privacy? The policy report, produced by Sahana Udupa's #CASResearchGroup, is now available!
📄 Read here 👉https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/127250/1/Encrypted_Messaging_and_Extreme_Speech_Policy_Report.pdf
📄 Read here 👉https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/127250/1/Encrypted_Messaging_and_Extreme_Speech_Policy_Report.pdf
September 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Encrypted Messaging & Extreme Speech: How can we tackle harmful content without compromising privacy? The policy report, produced by Sahana Udupa's #CASResearchGroup, is now available!
📄 Read here 👉https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/127250/1/Encrypted_Messaging_and_Extreme_Speech_Policy_Report.pdf
📄 Read here 👉https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/127250/1/Encrypted_Messaging_and_Extreme_Speech_Policy_Report.pdf
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This @reutersinstitute.bsky.social piece about how new algorithm-driven tools are degrading the welfare system in India – as well as the original reporting it rounds up – should be required reading for anyone covering government, policy or tech.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/how-journali...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/how-journali...
How journalists can hold algorithms accountable in India – and beyond
Journalist Karen Rebelo from India unpacks tech accountability in India.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
September 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This @reutersinstitute.bsky.social piece about how new algorithm-driven tools are degrading the welfare system in India – as well as the original reporting it rounds up – should be required reading for anyone covering government, policy or tech.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/how-journali...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/how-journali...
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"Extreme speech thrives in encrypted spaces, but killing encryption won’t stop it, says a group of researchers that have studied the problem from multiple angles. We need context-driven governance, not backdoors, they say. www.techpolicy.press/policy-direc... @techpolicypress.bsky.social
Policy Directions on Encrypted Messaging and Extreme Speech | TechPolicy.Press
Encryption, disinformation, and democracy: rethinking policy for messaging apps with rights-based safeguards.
www.techpolicy.press
August 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
"Extreme speech thrives in encrypted spaces, but killing encryption won’t stop it, says a group of researchers that have studied the problem from multiple angles. We need context-driven governance, not backdoors, they say. www.techpolicy.press/policy-direc... @techpolicypress.bsky.social
At the start of the year, I joined an incredible team at @caslmu.bsky.social for a policy report led by @sahanaudupa.bsky.social on encrypted messaging and ways to counter disinfo & extreme speech
The condensed version is out at @techpolicypress.bsky.social
The condensed version is out at @techpolicypress.bsky.social
Policy Directions on Encrypted Messaging and Extreme Speech | TechPolicy.Press
Encryption, disinformation, and democracy: rethinking policy for messaging apps with rights-based safeguards.
www.techpolicy.press
August 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
At the start of the year, I joined an incredible team at @caslmu.bsky.social for a policy report led by @sahanaudupa.bsky.social on encrypted messaging and ways to counter disinfo & extreme speech
The condensed version is out at @techpolicypress.bsky.social
The condensed version is out at @techpolicypress.bsky.social
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This last acad year, I spent time in Munich at @caslmu.bsky.social, working with a fab group of folks led by @sahanaudupa.bsky.social on a policy report on encrypted messaging apps and extreme speech.
Report is out & below is a summary of findings & recommendations in @techpolicypress.bsky.social 🔽
Report is out & below is a summary of findings & recommendations in @techpolicypress.bsky.social 🔽
Extreme speech thrives in encrypted spaces, but killing encryption won’t stop it, says a group of researchers who have studied the problem from multiple angles. We need context-driven governance, not backdoors, they say.
Policy Directions on Encrypted Messaging and Extreme Speech | TechPolicy.Press
Encryption, disinformation, and democracy: rethinking policy for messaging apps with rights-based safeguards.
www.techpolicy.press
August 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This last acad year, I spent time in Munich at @caslmu.bsky.social, working with a fab group of folks led by @sahanaudupa.bsky.social on a policy report on encrypted messaging apps and extreme speech.
Report is out & below is a summary of findings & recommendations in @techpolicypress.bsky.social 🔽
Report is out & below is a summary of findings & recommendations in @techpolicypress.bsky.social 🔽
BOOM debunks yet another false claim by #NarendraYadav, aka 'Dr N John Camm'.
Germany’s Klinikum Nürnberg hospital confirms to @boomlive.in that the fake doctor was never associated with them.
#MadhyaPradesh #BOOMReports
Germany’s Klinikum Nürnberg hospital confirms to @boomlive.in that the fake doctor was never associated with them.
#MadhyaPradesh #BOOMReports
April 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
BOOM debunks yet another false claim by #NarendraYadav, aka 'Dr N John Camm'.
Germany’s Klinikum Nürnberg hospital confirms to @boomlive.in that the fake doctor was never associated with them.
#MadhyaPradesh #BOOMReports
Germany’s Klinikum Nürnberg hospital confirms to @boomlive.in that the fake doctor was never associated with them.
#MadhyaPradesh #BOOMReports
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During an inspiring three day workshop organized by @sahanaudupa.bsky.social, a group of expert researchers, practitioners and policy makers presented and discussed the results of their research about extreme speech on encrypted messaging platforms. 1/4
April 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
During an inspiring three day workshop organized by @sahanaudupa.bsky.social, a group of expert researchers, practitioners and policy makers presented and discussed the results of their research about extreme speech on encrypted messaging platforms. 1/4
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Israeli military admits initial account of Palestinian medics’ killing was ‘mistaken’
Israeli military admits initial account of Palestinian medics’ killing was ‘mistaken’
Phone video appears to contradict IDF claims vehicles were not using emergency lights when troops opened fire
The Israeli military has backtracked on its account of the killing of 15 Palestinian medics by its forces last month after phone video appeared to contradict its claims that their vehicles did not have emergency signals on when troops opened fire on them in the Gaza Strip.
The military said initially it opened fire because the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” on nearby troops without headlights or emergency signals. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations late on Saturday, said that account was “mistaken”.
The almost seven-minute video, which the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Saturday was recovered from the phone of Rifat Radwan, one of the men killed, appears to have been filmed from inside a moving vehicle. It shows a red fire engine and clearly marked ambulances driving at night, using headlights and flashing emergency lights. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Israeli military admits initial account of Palestinian medics’ killing was ‘mistaken’
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People packed the streets across the U.S. on Saturday to protest against President Trump, his administration's cutbacks, financial turmoil and more. nyti.ms/43GRvS7
April 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
People packed the streets across the U.S. on Saturday to protest against President Trump, his administration's cutbacks, financial turmoil and more. nyti.ms/43GRvS7
The whole Ghibli AI art controversy has thrown up several questions to ponder about. One of them definitely being Chat Gpt accused of stealing an artist's work to train its model to churn out imitated cheap AI rendered versions it.
March 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The whole Ghibli AI art controversy has thrown up several questions to ponder about. One of them definitely being Chat Gpt accused of stealing an artist's work to train its model to churn out imitated cheap AI rendered versions it.
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Inviting a stellar group of speakers to the Munich symposium @caslmu.bsky.social Naomi Miyashita, UN Peacekeeping, Courtney Cooper, WhatsApp Global Director Public Policy, Katharina Goede @hateaid.org Launching "WhatsApp in the World" (New York University Press) & UN commissioned policy report
March 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Inviting a stellar group of speakers to the Munich symposium @caslmu.bsky.social Naomi Miyashita, UN Peacekeeping, Courtney Cooper, WhatsApp Global Director Public Policy, Katharina Goede @hateaid.org Launching "WhatsApp in the World" (New York University Press) & UN commissioned policy report
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In the photo, Pope Francis appears slightly slumped in his wheelchair, adorned in white robes and a purple stole before an altar. The shot is not head on — perhaps because it remains frowned upon in the Holy See to capture clear images of an ailing pope.
Vatican shares first image of Pope Francis since hospitalization
The photo is said to have been taken Sunday when Francis was co-celebrating Mass in the chapel of his hospital suite where he has been battling a health crisis.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
In the photo, Pope Francis appears slightly slumped in his wheelchair, adorned in white robes and a purple stole before an altar. The shot is not head on — perhaps because it remains frowned upon in the Holy See to capture clear images of an ailing pope.
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Will be out soon! UN commissioned policy report on encrypted messaging and extreme speech with this fantastic research group @martinriedl.bsky.social @hwasser.bsky.social @erkan.bsky.social @anmolalphonso.bsky.social @cayleyclifford.bsky.social @caslmu.bsky.social
Excited to join @sahanaudupa.bsky.social's group on encrypted messaging & extreme speech @ @caslmu.bsky.social w/ @anmolalphonso.bsky.social, Caley Clifford / @africa-check.bsky.social, Elonnai Hickok / @thegni.bsky.social, @erkan.bsky.social, Sérgio Barbosa, Kiran Garimella, & @hwasser.bsky.social
March 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Will be out soon! UN commissioned policy report on encrypted messaging and extreme speech with this fantastic research group @martinriedl.bsky.social @hwasser.bsky.social @erkan.bsky.social @anmolalphonso.bsky.social @cayleyclifford.bsky.social @caslmu.bsky.social
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Fact Check: NO Evidence Coca Cola Called ICE On Their Own Workers in Texas -- Company Denies Rumor
Fact Check: NO Evidence Coca Cola Called ICE On Their Own Workers in Texas -- Company Denies Rumor
Is there evidence the Coca Cola Company called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on their own workers in Texas and did several of them get deported as a result? No, that's not true: Online posts and videos making this...
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February 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Fact Check: NO Evidence Coca Cola Called ICE On Their Own Workers in Texas -- Company Denies Rumor
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Extreme speech in messaging apps and its encryption and enticement is the focus of the #CASResearchGroup led by communication scientist Sahana Udupa
@sahanaudupa.bsky.social (LMU).
Members of the #CASResearchGroup are:
@sahanaudupa.bsky.social (LMU).
Members of the #CASResearchGroup are:
February 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Extreme speech in messaging apps and its encryption and enticement is the focus of the #CASResearchGroup led by communication scientist Sahana Udupa
@sahanaudupa.bsky.social (LMU).
Members of the #CASResearchGroup are:
@sahanaudupa.bsky.social (LMU).
Members of the #CASResearchGroup are:
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We warmly welcome the #CASFellow/s and members of Sahana Udupa's @sahanaudupa.bsky.social #CASResearchGroup [...]
January 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We warmly welcome the #CASFellow/s and members of Sahana Udupa's @sahanaudupa.bsky.social #CASResearchGroup [...]
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in trying to kiss trump's ass, zuck has pissed so many employees off that they're considering mass resignation www.404media.co/its-total-ch...
‘It’s Total Chaos Internally at Meta Right Now’: Employees Protest Zuckerberg’s Anti LGBTQ Changes
Meta's decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill" has sparked widespread backlash at the company.
www.404media.co
January 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
in trying to kiss trump's ass, zuck has pissed so many employees off that they're considering mass resignation www.404media.co/its-total-ch...
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Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles
Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles
Instagram profile of ‘proud Black queer momma’, created by Meta, said her development team included no Black people
Meta is deleting Facebook and Instagram profiles of AI characters the company created over a year ago after users rediscovered some of the…
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles
2024 Rewind: @boomlive.in debunked several pieces of #misinformation surrounding the 2024 election in #India, the Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections, the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government in #Bangladesh, and the #US presidential election.
www.boomlive.in/yearender/20...
www.boomlive.in/yearender/20...
2024 Rewind: Misinfo During LS Polls, Bangladesh Turmoil, and AI Hoaxes | BOOM
BOOM recounts the top events of 2024 that triggered a flurry of misinformation.
www.boomlive.in
December 31, 2024 at 6:47 AM
2024 Rewind: @boomlive.in debunked several pieces of #misinformation surrounding the 2024 election in #India, the Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections, the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government in #Bangladesh, and the #US presidential election.
www.boomlive.in/yearender/20...
www.boomlive.in/yearender/20...
Its a privilege and excited to be a part of this amazing group! #ExtremeSpeech #Disinformation #Munich
Excited to join @sahanaudupa.bsky.social's group on encrypted messaging & extreme speech @ @caslmu.bsky.social w/ @anmolalphonso.bsky.social, Caley Clifford / @africa-check.bsky.social, Elonnai Hickok / @thegni.bsky.social, @erkan.bsky.social, Sérgio Barbosa, Kiran Garimella, & @hwasser.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Its a privilege and excited to be a part of this amazing group! #ExtremeSpeech #Disinformation #Munich
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Excited to join @sahanaudupa.bsky.social's group on encrypted messaging & extreme speech @ @caslmu.bsky.social w/ @anmolalphonso.bsky.social, Caley Clifford / @africa-check.bsky.social, Elonnai Hickok / @thegni.bsky.social, @erkan.bsky.social, Sérgio Barbosa, Kiran Garimella, & @hwasser.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Excited to join @sahanaudupa.bsky.social's group on encrypted messaging & extreme speech @ @caslmu.bsky.social w/ @anmolalphonso.bsky.social, Caley Clifford / @africa-check.bsky.social, Elonnai Hickok / @thegni.bsky.social, @erkan.bsky.social, Sérgio Barbosa, Kiran Garimella, & @hwasser.bsky.social