Instagram boosts Modi AI image ads ahead of elections, raising questions on AI disclosure

An Al Jazeera English review found Instagram boosted 50 political ads with AI images of Modi without sufficient disclosures, showing gaps in the enforcement of its AI policies…

#EidMubarak . And to hopes of peace and justice. Everywhere.

For The Nation, I wrote about Israel's rampant denialism + why it keeps lying about its genocide in Gaza:

Drunk on imperialist exceptionalism, disassociating itself from a world where actions have consequences, & an enabling political/media infrastructure
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Al Jazeera condemns new Israeli law, rejects Netanyahu’s ‘slanderous accusations’ that threaten safety of its journalists around the world.
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Israel's Netanyahu pushes a bill in Knesset, vowing to “immediately act to close Al Jazeera”.
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Heat to be the only wave during India elections.

Shaheen Bagh, once India’s citizenship law protest epicentre, is Delhi’s newest food hub. For Chaalis Futta Road connoisseurs, a great photo essay by Meer Faisal for Al Jazeera English
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At JNU, student ‘flame flickers’ against India’s Modi before election

Nationally, the BJP is predicted to win. At JNU, it lost.

My report in Al Jazeera English

#JNUSU
#JNUElection2024

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Jumping into the business, investment and fintech to write about:

What is Islamic halal investment and why is it on the rise? aje.io/q99by5 via Al Jazeera English

Interesting point about the war on Gaza making people think more before being associated with certain brands

Victory of Left and BAPSA in #JNU students' union election offers a breather from right-wing attacks and campaign against the institution. Amir Malik reports #JNU Election2024 Al Jazeera English aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/28…

Fasting? Not fasting? Doesn't matter.

Have a look here at this piece which talks about the cost of a Ramadan iftar meal around the world (with yummy photos!)
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In my nearly 20 years in the news industry, this is the toughest piece I've ever worked on. You keep reading about food aid being restricted, but how bad is it really?

Maram Humaid and Abdelhakim Abu Riash in Gaza are incredible, brave journalists.

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SCOOP: Modi Govt has been working on ways to counter Democracy Rankings downgrading India's scores, it has tasked an Indian Think Tank to create India's own democracy rankings in line with India's narrative than Western indices, I report in Al Jazeera English
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The kind of broadcast journalism we no longer get to see in India

Watch Sreenivasan Jain report for Al Jazeera English: youtube.com/watch?v=DktoKY…

Great stuff, Meenakshi Ravi!

This is a stunning piece of accidental confession to explain the news media playbook last few years. It’s a simple three step process (already mastered by WhatsApp uncles over the years):

1. Label yourself as ‘apolitical’/‘observer’.
2. Start framing every issue into a govt vs…

About time someone makes a contrarian MA-JNU. Also, few takers for MA-AMU! 😊

The first night of Ramadan, Al Jazeera Studio decorates with the names of the Palestinian children killed by Israel in #Gaza

Photo source: Tamer Almisshal | تامر المسحال

on my resignation from guernica magazine

Scoop: In a first, official social media accounts of India's national parties, BJP & Congress have begun sharing AI-created content, without disclosures — challenging Instagram & YouTube's content policies on labelling deceptive political content

My latest for Al Jazeera English…