Smitha Khorana
@smithakhorana.bsky.social
Scholar, journalist, writer, photojournalist. Working on fiction & poetry.
Policy work on regulation, journalist’s security, press freedom.
Tweets are sometimes excerpts of fiction writing.
Policy work on regulation, journalist’s security, press freedom.
Tweets are sometimes excerpts of fiction writing.
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The widow of slain Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi Monday filed a legal complaint in 🇫🇷France accusing Saudi Arabia of using Israeli #spyware to steal data from her phones before he was killed, her lawyers said.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Khashoggi widow seeks probe in France over phone hacking before killing
The widow of slain Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi Monday filed a legal complaint in France accusing Saudi Arabia of using Israeli spyware to steal data from her phones before he was killed, her lawye...
www.france24.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The widow of slain Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi Monday filed a legal complaint in 🇫🇷France accusing Saudi Arabia of using Israeli #spyware to steal data from her phones before he was killed, her lawyers said.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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A new report from MIC Co-Director @victorpickard.bsky.social
as well as @shahrzadshams.bsky.social and @bilalb.bsky.social maps the political economy behind today’s media crisis and asks the urgent question:
What would a media system designed to strengthen democracy actually look like?
as well as @shahrzadshams.bsky.social and @bilalb.bsky.social maps the political economy behind today’s media crisis and asks the urgent question:
What would a media system designed to strengthen democracy actually look like?
The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis - Roosevelt Institute
Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...
rooseveltinstitute.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A new report from MIC Co-Director @victorpickard.bsky.social
as well as @shahrzadshams.bsky.social and @bilalb.bsky.social maps the political economy behind today’s media crisis and asks the urgent question:
What would a media system designed to strengthen democracy actually look like?
as well as @shahrzadshams.bsky.social and @bilalb.bsky.social maps the political economy behind today’s media crisis and asks the urgent question:
What would a media system designed to strengthen democracy actually look like?
The USAID cuts should not have happened - the Trump administration must reinstate USAID - hundreds of thousands of deaths from these cuts is horrifying - it is genocide
November 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The USAID cuts should not have happened - the Trump administration must reinstate USAID - hundreds of thousands of deaths from these cuts is horrifying - it is genocide
ICE should be dismantled.
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
ICE should be dismantled.
I am worried about those in Gaza, South Sudan, those who are struggling in the winter with homelessness, hunger, cold, famine, lack of resources, lack of basic necessities - that is where all our attention should be, not on l petty things. The world does not have to look like this, if people could
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I am worried about those in Gaza, South Sudan, those who are struggling in the winter with homelessness, hunger, cold, famine, lack of resources, lack of basic necessities - that is where all our attention should be, not on l petty things. The world does not have to look like this, if people could
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Investigation launched to assess whether Google’s Site Reputation Abuse Policy infringes the DMA’s obligations to apply transparent, fair and non-discriminatory conditions to Google Search's ranking👇
Commission opens investigation into potential Digital Markets Act breach by Google in demoting media publishers\' content in search results
Today, the European Commission has formally launched proceedings to assess whether Google applies fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions of access to publishers\' websites on Google Search...
ec.europa.eu
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Investigation launched to assess whether Google’s Site Reputation Abuse Policy infringes the DMA’s obligations to apply transparent, fair and non-discriminatory conditions to Google Search's ranking👇
I was betrayed by everyone in my life - and murdered - they are all demons and idols in the church
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I was betrayed by everyone in my life - and murdered - they are all demons and idols in the church
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October 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says his US visa revoked
Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says his US visa revoked
The 91-year-old Nobel laureate in literature has been a critic of Trump's immigration policy.
www.bbc.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says his US visa revoked
I am leaving this here. I need help to get to Jerusalem to stop the wars. I don’t want to do it like this but I have to. gofund.me/6ffb6f9d3
Donate to Jerusalem, organized by Smitha Khorana
I am going on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to stop the war and am in an abusive living situation.
… Smitha Khorana needs your support for Jerusalem
gofund.me
October 29, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I am leaving this here. I need help to get to Jerusalem to stop the wars. I don’t want to do it like this but I have to. gofund.me/6ffb6f9d3
We are criminalizing poverty - as a country - globally.
October 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
We are criminalizing poverty - as a country - globally.
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Marc Chagall
Ballet Daphnis et
Chloe by Ravel 1875-1937
Ballet Daphnis et
Chloe by Ravel 1875-1937
October 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Marc Chagall
Ballet Daphnis et
Chloe by Ravel 1875-1937
Ballet Daphnis et
Chloe by Ravel 1875-1937
I would like to see data and surveys about people who have joined ICE in the past 6 months - what is their socioeconomic status, what is their educational backgrounds, what kinds of opportunities do they have? Why have they joined. What is their incentive.
October 26, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I would like to see data and surveys about people who have joined ICE in the past 6 months - what is their socioeconomic status, what is their educational backgrounds, what kinds of opportunities do they have? Why have they joined. What is their incentive.
Some reporting I would like to see:
What does each company that has donated to Trump’s ballroom produce - what are their products outside of consumer facing products, especially in tech and data - what is their complicity in the war in Gaza, what is their role in arms development, or nat-sec
What does each company that has donated to Trump’s ballroom produce - what are their products outside of consumer facing products, especially in tech and data - what is their complicity in the war in Gaza, what is their role in arms development, or nat-sec
October 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Some reporting I would like to see:
What does each company that has donated to Trump’s ballroom produce - what are their products outside of consumer facing products, especially in tech and data - what is their complicity in the war in Gaza, what is their role in arms development, or nat-sec
What does each company that has donated to Trump’s ballroom produce - what are their products outside of consumer facing products, especially in tech and data - what is their complicity in the war in Gaza, what is their role in arms development, or nat-sec
God doesn’t want this - god wants a revolution in kindness.
October 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
God doesn’t want this - god wants a revolution in kindness.
The Trump Administration must give everyone food stamps
Trump Administration Won’t Use Emergency Funds for Food Stamps During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The Trump Administration must give everyone food stamps
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The Espionage Act’s reach is criminal, its language capacious, and its chilling effect immediate.”
MFIA Director David Schulz and Prof. Brian O’Neill on what’s at stake for whistleblowers, reporters, and democracy if the Trump administration uses it:
www.justsecurity.org/122491/weapo...
MFIA Director David Schulz and Prof. Brian O’Neill on what’s at stake for whistleblowers, reporters, and democracy if the Trump administration uses it:
www.justsecurity.org/122491/weapo...
Weaponizing the Espionage Act: What It Means for Whistleblowers, Reporters, and Democracy
How the Trump administration could weaponize the Espionage Act and its chilling effect to control the press and justify suppression.
www.justsecurity.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Espionage Act’s reach is criminal, its language capacious, and its chilling effect immediate.”
MFIA Director David Schulz and Prof. Brian O’Neill on what’s at stake for whistleblowers, reporters, and democracy if the Trump administration uses it:
www.justsecurity.org/122491/weapo...
MFIA Director David Schulz and Prof. Brian O’Neill on what’s at stake for whistleblowers, reporters, and democracy if the Trump administration uses it:
www.justsecurity.org/122491/weapo...
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“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”
“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”
~Center for Budget and Policy
“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”
~Center for Budget and Policy
October 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”
“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”
~Center for Budget and Policy
“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”
~Center for Budget and Policy
Happy Diwali 🪔
May light overcome darkness
May light overcome darkness
October 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Happy Diwali 🪔
May light overcome darkness
May light overcome darkness
Universe is horrified by the situation right now in the world.
October 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Universe is horrified by the situation right now in the world.
Universe does not want war.
October 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Universe does not want war.