Cambridge Analytica

Hacking Elections: Tales from Far and Near
Prabir Purkayastha

THE Netflix film, The Great Hack, relates Cambridge Analytica’s role in Trump’s 2016 elections to a much larger issue – the threat to our democracy from global tech giants.  It is not the Facebook data that Cambridge … Read moreHacking Elections: Tales from Far and Near

Threat to Democracy in the Age of Social or Anti-social Media
Prabir Purkayastha

THE three Hindi heartland states – Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan – have rejected the BJP in varying degrees in the elections to the state assemblies. These elections show that even with money power and … Read moreThreat to Democracy in the Age of Social or Anti-social Media