The Cost of Entry: Online Gender-Based Violence in India's Gaming Spaces

Uli workshops on denormalising online abuse have offered a window into young people’s gaming lives. From the addictive grip of Free Fire where “losing feels depressing” to the economic hustle of selling pro IDs, this blog explores the steep cost of entry for young women in online gaming.

Make It Real - Mapping AI-Facilitated Gendered Harm

Launch announcement for report written with RATI Foundation

The Making of Hover-For-Metadata

A primer on Uli's Hover Feature

The Silencing Impact of Online Gender Based Violence

The fatigue caused by online gender-based violence often has a chilling effect. It silences diverse voices in the very spaces that need to be more equitable and inclusive!

Another Side of Whack-A-Mole

We make a case for what federated and centralised platforms must implement in order to tackle cross-platform abuse more effectively

November 2023 Sprint on Digitally Manipulated Media

Advantages of Platform Co-operatives

Platform Co-ops can help decentralise and democratise the internet

Reviewing UNESCO's Guidelines on Platform Regulation

Tattle's take on UNESCO's attempt at addressing the issues with content moderation

On SQRL, Stateful Systems and User-End Content Moderation

Notes on a newly open source project SQRL and what does uli have to learn from it.

Summary of the Politics of Disinformation Report Launch

This blog is a summary of the Future of India Foundation Politics of Disinformation report launch event that took place on May 5, 2022.

The Need for Archiving Social Media Data and The Conundrums in Opening It

Informed Interventions on misinformation require greater contextual story telling. Social media archives are an important resource in the process.

The Unexplained Motivation Behind WhatsApp Forwards

The documentary The Social Dilemma describes why content goes viral on social media but doesn't account for virality on WhatsApp

The Role of Affect in Misinformation Circulation

A lot has been said about the intention of misinformation peddlers, the sensory dimension of content circulation has received far less attention.

अनेक आयाम, विभिन पैगाम- एक वाइरल फ़ोटो की कहानी

The Use of Archives in Misinformation

Content moderation on social media has been in public scrutiny recently. Takedowns often have unintended consequences which archival projects like Tattle can address. But archival projects are also susceptible to the kind of abuse that necessitates takedowns.

फेक न्यूज़ का सिलसिला- एक ऐतिहासिक और वैज्ञानिक वर्णन