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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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Indian construction workers have turned their Israeli job experience into a digital guide for aspiring migrants. Their...
Residents of Assam have faced hardships due to locked biometrics, losing access to jobs, services, and schemes. While...
APK files often masquerade as legitimate apps and can compromise personal data, install malware, or conduct financial...
UP’s digital media policy incentivises creators to post government-aligned content, raising concerns about transparency...
Despite RBI’s safety measures, KYC scams continue to cause significant financial damage. RBI data reveals that in...
Experts and members of the queer community, speaking to Decode, criticised the Madras HC order as biased and overlooking...
UPSC aspirants are using social media to debunk the narrative of 'romanticising struggle' by highlighting the harsh...
The digitisation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was intended to enhance...
Decode found that while Meta AI could potentially identify a news article as fake when asked directly, it complied when...
Meta platforms are full of AI-generated deepfake videos, featuring celebrities and well-known figures, seemingly...
Meta's policy states that information from posts and photos, including captions, will be used to train AI models, even...
On Decode’s ‘Who Are You On The Internet?’ survey, around 78% revealed that sharing religious or political opinions on...











