BotPopuli
@botpopuli.bsky.social
We are an alternative media platform dedicated to looking at all things digital from a social justice and Global South perspective.
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In our latest article, Vinit Ravishankar challenges the myths propping up today’s digital economy, revealing the inequalities beneath its global rise — and why imagining alternative digital futures is essential.
#DigitalEconomy #PlatformPower #GlobalSouth #DigitalFutures
#DigitalEconomy #PlatformPower #GlobalSouth #DigitalFutures
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
In our latest article, Vinit Ravishankar challenges the myths propping up today’s digital economy, revealing the inequalities beneath its global rise — and why imagining alternative digital futures is essential.
#DigitalEconomy #PlatformPower #GlobalSouth #DigitalFutures
#DigitalEconomy #PlatformPower #GlobalSouth #DigitalFutures
The fight against AI-generated film isn’t a Luddite rejection of technology, but a defense of the human spirit.
Our latest piece positions this fight as a move towards a right to work, to collaborate, to fail, and to create something that bears an undeniable fingerprint.
Our latest piece positions this fight as a move towards a right to work, to collaborate, to fail, and to create something that bears an undeniable fingerprint.
October 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The fight against AI-generated film isn’t a Luddite rejection of technology, but a defense of the human spirit.
Our latest piece positions this fight as a move towards a right to work, to collaborate, to fail, and to create something that bears an undeniable fingerprint.
Our latest piece positions this fight as a move towards a right to work, to collaborate, to fail, and to create something that bears an undeniable fingerprint.
Cinema operates as a form of embodied knowledge production, a practice that depends on the presence of human consciousness engaged in storytelling.
October 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Cinema operates as a form of embodied knowledge production, a practice that depends on the presence of human consciousness engaged in storytelling.
⚙️ In our latest piece, Madhulika Tatigotla and Eshani Vaidya expose the hidden costs of convenience, uncovering the exploitative labor practices that continue to define Amazon’s warehouse work.
#LabourRights #PlatformEconomy #DigitalCapitalism #WorkersRights #DataSyn #BigTech
#LabourRights #PlatformEconomy #DigitalCapitalism #WorkersRights #DataSyn #BigTech
October 6, 2025 at 5:39 AM
⚙️ In our latest piece, Madhulika Tatigotla and Eshani Vaidya expose the hidden costs of convenience, uncovering the exploitative labor practices that continue to define Amazon’s warehouse work.
#LabourRights #PlatformEconomy #DigitalCapitalism #WorkersRights #DataSyn #BigTech
#LabourRights #PlatformEconomy #DigitalCapitalism #WorkersRights #DataSyn #BigTech
Don’t miss Nandini Chami in conversation with Susan Sreemala on the stakes for digital justice today!
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October 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Don’t miss Nandini Chami in conversation with Susan Sreemala on the stakes for digital justice today!
Read More: botpopuli.net/claiming-the...
Read More: botpopuli.net/claiming-the...
Following up on the dispatches from the WSIS high level event in July, Susan Sreemala caught up with Nandini Chami for a substantive debrief on #WSIS, the #GDC, and the future of #digitaljustice on the international stage.
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Read Now: botpopuli.net/claiming-the...
September 29, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Following up on the dispatches from the WSIS high level event in July, Susan Sreemala caught up with Nandini Chami for a substantive debrief on #WSIS, the #GDC, and the future of #digitaljustice on the international stage.
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Read Now: botpopuli.net/claiming-the...
Have you read Shobhit S.’ transformative proposals for democratic and worker-led digital futures, grounded in collective agency, socio-economic justice, and transnational solidarity?
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Read now: botpopuli.net/platform-pow...
September 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Have you read Shobhit S.’ transformative proposals for democratic and worker-led digital futures, grounded in collective agency, socio-economic justice, and transnational solidarity?
Read now: botpopuli.net/platform-pow...
Read now: botpopuli.net/platform-pow...
In this second part of the report we published last month, Shobhit S. follows up with a detailed excavation of the political economy of platform work with a framework for mitigating the injustices therein.
September 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In this second part of the report we published last month, Shobhit S. follows up with a detailed excavation of the political economy of platform work with a framework for mitigating the injustices therein.
In these dispatches, some of them reflect on key takeaways from the #WSIS+20 HLE, and what it portends for the future.
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August 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In these dispatches, some of them reflect on key takeaways from the #WSIS+20 HLE, and what it portends for the future.
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This includes a number of the Global Digital Justice Forum’s members, who continued their determined advocacy agenda, participating in and organizing several sessions in recent weeks.
August 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This includes a number of the Global Digital Justice Forum’s members, who continued their determined advocacy agenda, participating in and organizing several sessions in recent weeks.
Marking two decades of vigorous activism, this month’s WSIS+20 High Level Event was a significant milestone for many who have long been in the trenches in the struggle for digital justice.
August 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Marking two decades of vigorous activism, this month’s WSIS+20 High Level Event was a significant milestone for many who have long been in the trenches in the struggle for digital justice.
In our latest article, Shobhit S. situates the global push for standards on platform work within the broader political economy of platform capitalism and the North-South divides that characterize it.
Read the full piece here: botpopuli.net/platform-pow...
Read the full piece here: botpopuli.net/platform-pow...
August 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
In our latest article, Shobhit S. situates the global push for standards on platform work within the broader political economy of platform capitalism and the North-South divides that characterize it.
Read the full piece here: botpopuli.net/platform-pow...
Read the full piece here: botpopuli.net/platform-pow...
The ILO is expected to adopt a binding Convention and a non-binding Recommendation at its 2026 conference, with substantive protections for platform workers.
August 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The ILO is expected to adopt a binding Convention and a non-binding Recommendation at its 2026 conference, with substantive protections for platform workers.
TAAK (2024) examines how surveillance at the workplace impinges on the privacy of workers, bleeding into their everyday lives.
Our interview with the filmmaker, Udit Khurana, offers a glimpse into how caste and class further propel these ideas of surveillance capitalism.
Our interview with the filmmaker, Udit Khurana, offers a glimpse into how caste and class further propel these ideas of surveillance capitalism.
August 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
TAAK (2024) examines how surveillance at the workplace impinges on the privacy of workers, bleeding into their everyday lives.
Our interview with the filmmaker, Udit Khurana, offers a glimpse into how caste and class further propel these ideas of surveillance capitalism.
Our interview with the filmmaker, Udit Khurana, offers a glimpse into how caste and class further propel these ideas of surveillance capitalism.
In our latest piece, writer and director, Udit Khurana discusses his new film, TAAK, which delves into the harms caused by intrusive technologies to workers’ rights, and privacy.
Read the full interview here: botpopuli.net/on-taak/
Read the full interview here: botpopuli.net/on-taak/
August 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
In our latest piece, writer and director, Udit Khurana discusses his new film, TAAK, which delves into the harms caused by intrusive technologies to workers’ rights, and privacy.
Read the full interview here: botpopuli.net/on-taak/
Read the full interview here: botpopuli.net/on-taak/
In this article,Sally Burch traces the WSIS process through decades of social movement history, revealing its enduring significance for civil society’s struggle for digital justice.
#WSIS #DigitalJustice #CivilSociety #InternetGovernance #CommunicationRights #GlobalSouth #TechJustice
#WSIS #DigitalJustice #CivilSociety #InternetGovernance #CommunicationRights #GlobalSouth #TechJustice
August 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
In this article,Sally Burch traces the WSIS process through decades of social movement history, revealing its enduring significance for civil society’s struggle for digital justice.
#WSIS #DigitalJustice #CivilSociety #InternetGovernance #CommunicationRights #GlobalSouth #TechJustice
#WSIS #DigitalJustice #CivilSociety #InternetGovernance #CommunicationRights #GlobalSouth #TechJustice
Sally Burch reflects on the WSIS process, situating it within decades of social movement history and underscoring its enduring importance for civil society’s fight for digital justice.
#WSIS #DigitalJustice #CivilSociety #TechForGood #InternetGovernance #CommunicationRights
#WSIS #DigitalJustice #CivilSociety #TechForGood #InternetGovernance #CommunicationRights
August 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Sally Burch reflects on the WSIS process, situating it within decades of social movement history and underscoring its enduring importance for civil society’s fight for digital justice.
#WSIS #DigitalJustice #CivilSociety #TechForGood #InternetGovernance #CommunicationRights
#WSIS #DigitalJustice #CivilSociety #TechForGood #InternetGovernance #CommunicationRights
In our latest piece, @karishmabanga.bsky.social explores how digital trade governance can entrench asymmetries in global taxation, undermining economic recovery and tax justice in the Global South.
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Read here: botpopuli.net/trade-rules-...
July 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In our latest piece, @karishmabanga.bsky.social explores how digital trade governance can entrench asymmetries in global taxation, undermining economic recovery and tax justice in the Global South.
Read here: botpopuli.net/trade-rules-...
Read here: botpopuli.net/trade-rules-...
Our latest piece features an interview with @karishmabanga.bsky.social as she delves into how digitalization has recalibrated the landscape of taxation and how this change impacts the fiscal autonomy of poorer countries.
Read the full story here: botpopuli.net/trade-rules-...
Read the full story here: botpopuli.net/trade-rules-...
July 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Our latest piece features an interview with @karishmabanga.bsky.social as she delves into how digitalization has recalibrated the landscape of taxation and how this change impacts the fiscal autonomy of poorer countries.
Read the full story here: botpopuli.net/trade-rules-...
Read the full story here: botpopuli.net/trade-rules-...
Drawing on inputs from key perspectives across the Global South, our latest piece by Abhineet Nayyar maps how the US’s desire to consolidate its geoeconomic position will impact developing countries.
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July 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Drawing on inputs from key perspectives across the Global South, our latest piece by Abhineet Nayyar maps how the US’s desire to consolidate its geoeconomic position will impact developing countries.
Read more: botpopuli.net/trumps-tarif...
Read more: botpopuli.net/trumps-tarif...
How are countries in the Global Majority world responding to the US’s sudden demand for trade (re)negotiations in the digital economy?
Our latest piece by Abhineet Nayyar investigates.
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Our latest piece by Abhineet Nayyar investigates.
Read here: botpopuli.net/trumps-tarif...
July 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
How are countries in the Global Majority world responding to the US’s sudden demand for trade (re)negotiations in the digital economy?
Our latest piece by Abhineet Nayyar investigates.
Read here: botpopuli.net/trumps-tarif...
Our latest piece by Abhineet Nayyar investigates.
Read here: botpopuli.net/trumps-tarif...
What does the India–UK Free Trade Agreement mean for India’s digital future?
📲 In our latest piece, we unpack how the deal’s digital trade provisions may undermine India’s ambitions for digital sovereignty—handing more power to Big Tech.
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📲 In our latest piece, we unpack how the deal’s digital trade provisions may undermine India’s ambitions for digital sovereignty—handing more power to Big Tech.
link in bio!
July 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
What does the India–UK Free Trade Agreement mean for India’s digital future?
📲 In our latest piece, we unpack how the deal’s digital trade provisions may undermine India’s ambitions for digital sovereignty—handing more power to Big Tech.
link in bio!
📲 In our latest piece, we unpack how the deal’s digital trade provisions may undermine India’s ambitions for digital sovereignty—handing more power to Big Tech.
link in bio!
In our latest article, we examine how the India–UK Free Trade Agreement challenges India’s digital sovereignty, revealing who gains and who loses in the new digital trade order.
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#DigitalSovereignty #IndiaUKFTA #DigitalTrade #TradeJustice
Read this article: botpopuli.net/analyzing-th...
#DigitalSovereignty #IndiaUKFTA #DigitalTrade #TradeJustice
July 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
In our latest article, we examine how the India–UK Free Trade Agreement challenges India’s digital sovereignty, revealing who gains and who loses in the new digital trade order.
Read this article: botpopuli.net/analyzing-th...
#DigitalSovereignty #IndiaUKFTA #DigitalTrade #TradeJustice
Read this article: botpopuli.net/analyzing-th...
#DigitalSovereignty #IndiaUKFTA #DigitalTrade #TradeJustice
Have you read our latest piece “On Humans In The Loop” yet? Susan Sreemala speaks with Aranya Sahay for a filmmaker’s view on telling the story of AI from the margins in his latest film, Humans in the Loop.
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Read now: botpopuli.net/on-humans-in...
May 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Have you read our latest piece “On Humans In The Loop” yet? Susan Sreemala speaks with Aranya Sahay for a filmmaker’s view on telling the story of AI from the margins in his latest film, Humans in the Loop.
Read now: botpopuli.net/on-humans-in...
Read now: botpopuli.net/on-humans-in...
The film Humans in the Loop tells the story of an adivasi woman in India’s state of Jharkhand, who, in the aftermath of a personal upheaval, decides to take up the enigmatic new job of becoming a data labeller.
May 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The film Humans in the Loop tells the story of an adivasi woman in India’s state of Jharkhand, who, in the aftermath of a personal upheaval, decides to take up the enigmatic new job of becoming a data labeller.