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Hera Rizwan
Hera Rizwan is a correspondent with Decode. She covers AI, technology, and accountability, with a focus on how digital systems shape welfare, governance, and public life in India. Her work examines the real-world impact of emerging technologies, from biometric systems and surveillance tools to platform-driven scams and digital policy. She has reported extensively on cybercrime, AI in welfare delivery, and the intersection of tech and democracy. She is a Pulitzer Grantee and won Ramnath Goenka Award for Investigative Reporting in 2022.
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A Delhi transgender rights protest was built around consent and the right not to be seen. Meta's smart glasses filmed it...
Decode spoke to researcher Davi Ottenheimer about Instagram stepping back from end-to-end encryption for DMs and what it...
Nisarga Adhikary flagged the flaws to the government's cyber agency three months before CBSE conceded them. He says he's...
From fake-follower allegations to the theory that the party took down its own website, a wave of claims has targeted the...
Despite strict security at NEET exam centres, like biometric checks, frisking and AI surveillance, the breach happened...
After the Jabalpur boat tragedy, AI images of a mother and child’s final moments flooded social media, shifting focus...
Fraud-driven offences, particularly impersonation and sextortion, made up the bulk of cases. BOOM has reported on the...
Women left stable jobs for InstaHelp’s Rs 25,000 promise, but now report unpredictable pay, deductions, and longer hours...
Noida police say QR codes and bot networks orchestrated a factory uprising. The workers say they were angry about their...
Decode spoke to Advocate Prashant Mali to understand what AI-enabled cross-border surveillance means for Indians, and...
The draft rules would treat user-generated news like publisher content and tie safe harbour to compliance with...
A Decode investigation finds that India’s use of facial recognition tech in its 50-year-old nutrition welfare programme...











