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Kumar Sambhav

@kumarsambhav.bsky.social
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India Research Lead @ Digital Witness Lab | Founder & Director @ Land Conflict Watch | Former AI Fellow @ Pulitzer Center | Cofounded The Reporters Collective

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Kumar Sambhav @kumarsambhav.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
How an Indian state weaponised citizens' personal data against them in elections. It helped the ruling party predict and influence voters’ choices through data, denying welfare benefits to those leaning towards the opposition. My latest for @ajenglish.bsky.social www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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An Indian state used citizens’ data on political beliefs to deny benefits
Andhra Pradesh’s governing party weaponised data to wrongfully deny welfare benefits to opposition-inclined voters.
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Kumar Sambhav @kumarsambhav.bsky.social · 09/08/2023
Some personal news. Happy to be joining the Digital Witness Lab digitalwitnesslab.org as its India Research Lead. I am excited to be working with an outstanding team of engineers, data researchers and journalists who have done pioneering work probing impact of technology on society.
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