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Nilesh Christopher
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Technology journalist | Harvard Nieman Fellow 25' Bylines: @Wired, @TheAtlantic, @RestofWorld & others DMs open. On Signal: nileshchristopher.09
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    Nilesh Christopher
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    Nov 3, 2025
    My latest for @latimes: I travelled to southern India to document the rise of the AI "arm farms" — where young engineers strap GoPros to their foreheads and fold laundry or pack boxes to teach humanoid robots how to do chores. latimes.com/business/story…
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    Feb 18, 2020
    India's ruling party used AI-generated Deepfakes videos for online election campaigning targeting 15 million people via 5800 WhatsApp groups; BJP Party candidate is seen saying things he never said, in a language he doesn't know. It's impossible to tell! bit.ly/2SYRaE6
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    Nilesh Christopher
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    Oct 10, 2022
    NEW: WhatsApp is now a spammers’ paradise in India WhatsApp that was once a private & intimate space to chat with friends & family now feels like a busy main street crowded with hawkers My latest for @restofworld is on the rise of WhatsApp corporate spam
    WhatsApp is turning into a spammers’ paradise in India
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    Jan 3, 2023
    NEW: Inside Pakistan's Amazon scam boom, and its ruinous impact on local sellers For months, a screwed crop of scamsters outsmarted Amazon, & defrauded customers. When Amazon found out it banned 13000 seller accounts — @SiddiquiZuha & I report🧵 restofworld.org/2023/amazon-pa…
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    Nilesh Christopher
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    Jun 29, 2020
    1/8 If you are one of those interested in reading about how Chinese apps like TikTok, Bigo and Likee have shaped Indian communities and their identities, bookmark this thread and browse through 🧵 It includes some fantastic reporting from eminent friends and colleagues as well
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    Nilesh Christopher
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    Aug 12, 2019
    My first story for WIRED: I describe in detail the way casteist hate speech spreads on TikTok based on previously unseen court documents, on-ground reporting and going down the rabbit hole of hate wired.co.uk/article/tiktok… #TikTok #HateSpeech
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    TikTok is fuelling India's deadly hate speech epidemic
    In small-town India, TikTok videos are a new hate speech minefield. Thousands of videos are being removed as users exploit the wild growth of the social network
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    Nilesh Christopher
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    Jan 12, 2021
    While Big Tech comes to South Asia for the elusive “next billion” users, India’s tech guru says his latest app caters to the 1% @kunalb11 talks about his early life, @CRED_club, & why he drives a Vespa & not a designer car Also, the photos are🔥
    India, according to Kunal Shah
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    Nilesh Christopher
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    Feb 2, 2023
    NEW: Myntra — India's Shein — is slapping extra fees, denying cash on delivery, & suspending accounts of frequent returners, alienating some loyal users. We are entering a more frugal era in e-commerce where cos don't want users returning their orders
    The end of free returns is coming
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    Nilesh Christopher
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    Oct 7, 2021
    SCOOP: How a tiny tweak to Zomato’s algorithm led to lost delivery riders, stolen bikes and missed wages in Bangalore🧵
    A tiny tweak to Zomato’s algorithm led to lost delivery riders, stolen bikes and missed wages
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    Nilesh Christopher
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    Jul 21, 2020
    New from me: The growing cult of Facebook commerce in Bangladesh 🧵 For @restofworld I dig into Bangladesh's Facebook economy where everything from parrots to pyjamas is bought and sold on Facebook. And it has a name: F-commerce
    If Zuckerberg ran your economy, it would look a lot like this
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    Nilesh Christopher
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    Jan 28, 2019
    Telegram has over 40m users in India, making the country its largest user base. Free (pirated) content, mentors, and a vibrant knowledge sharing community has made Telegram the go-to test prep center for government jobs in India-2 bit.ly/2FOQTzu
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    Nilesh Christopher
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    Oct 22, 2021
    NEW: Deepfake tech until now has suffered from association with unethical use in non-consensual celebrity porn. My latest talks about how deepfakes are now gaining a toehold in the corporate world 🧵 1/ Bollywood star @iHrithik wishing me on Rakhi restofworld.org/2021/creating-…
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    Nilesh Christopher
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    Aug 3, 2020
    Work Update: I've joined @restofworld as a reporter-researcher. Really looking forward to working with the supremely talented team If you are an entrepreneur, VC or technologist working in India or South Asia let's talk at [email protected]
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    Nilesh Christopher
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    Nov 3, 2025
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    Silicon Valley's race to build humanoid "butler robots" has led to a frenzy to collect real-world data. A growing global army of trainers is helping AI escape our computers and enter our living rooms, offices and factories by teaching it how we move.
    Students from the Primary School interact with a humanoid robot
    Inside the race to train AI robots how to act human in the real world
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