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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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From a single prompt to widespread harassment, X’s in-built AI, Grok, is enabling the rapid creation of non-consensual...
In a quiet control room, Delhi Police monitor live feeds from Say Help, the emergency app whose test alerts sometimes...
As Kerala High Court mandates Adalat AI to transcribe witness depositions, Decode spoke to lawyer Leah Verghese to...
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Arattai’s App Store and Play Store listings show a US address, which experts say could expose it to American laws and...
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The flaw didn’t just expose current data, it also gave access to past five years of tax returns, including income and...
AI-fueled social media narratives have seized on CJI Gavai’s caste and religious background to attack and delegitimise...
Rajeev Pratap’s YouTube channel ‘Delhi Uttarakhand Live’ brought attention to the hardships of Uttarakhand’s neglected...
Nitin Gadkari called critics of 20% ethanol petrol (E20) “paid,” but evidence shows influencers were actually offered...
“I studied till class six, can’t read English—my nephew used ChatGPT to help,” said the farmer, barred from filing RTIs...
Nepal’s meme and lifestyle pages are turning ‘nepo baby’ reels into a digital record of corruption, inequality, and...











