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@PranavDixit
Meta Correspondent @BusinessInsider | Previously: India Tech Correspondent @BuzzFeedNews | 2022 Harvard Nieman Fellow | Accidental expat. Signal: pranavdixit.04
Silicon Valley via India 🇮🇳
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    Dec 19, 2024
    🚨 Some news: I’m excited to join @BusinessInsider this January as Meta Correspondent! It’s a fascinating time to cover Meta as it pursues generative AI with Llama, doubles down on Threads, and advances its mixed-reality ambitions, even as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp
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    May 26, 2021
    Imagine coming up with IT Rules so wild that even Facebook sues you to protect users' privacy.
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    May 26, 2021
    WhatsApp Is Suing The Indian Government To Protect People’s Privacy buzzfeednews.com/article/pranav…
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    Jul 21, 2023
    Who need the WHAT
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    Dec 5, 2019
    Scoop: Kashmiris disappeared from WhatsApp overnight due to a FB policy that deletes inactive accounts automatically after 120 days. The internet has been shut down in Kashmir for 4 months now. No word on any concessions given the circumstances in Kashmir
    Kashmiris Are Disappearing From WhatsApp
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    Feb 10, 2021
    🚨 New: Twitter says it won’t block journalists, activists, and politicians in India to protect free speech
    Twitter Says It Won’t Block Journalists, Activists, And Politicians In India To Protect Free Speech
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    Aug 21, 2020
    Seems like Facebook took down the Hindustani Bhau verified Facebook page after all.
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    Apr 21, 2018
    Remember how my iPhone got stolen by bikers who snatched it from my hand last week? I have reason to believe that the thieves are now trying to get me to reveal my iCloud password to reset it using an ingenious scam. It's useless to them without the iCloud password (thread)
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    May 24, 2021
    India sent an elite squad in charge of investigating terrorism and organized crime to Twitter’s New Delhi offices after the company labeled tweets from members of the ruling party “Manipulated Media”
    Police In Delhi Have Descended On Twitter’s Headquarters In The Country
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    May 29, 2024
    The Atlantic, five days ago. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…
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    May 29, 2024
    Exclusive: The Atlantic, Vox Media ink licensing, product deals with OpenAI axios.com/2024/05/29/atl…
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    Jun 2, 2021
    Random thoughts after call with a friend: So many journalists, especially in the English press in India, come from so much privilege it's mind-boggling. My goodness, the connections and the financial cushions you've had for literal generations give you guys a massive headstart.
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    May 26, 2021
    WhatsApp Is Suing The Indian Government To Protect People’s Privacy
    WhatsApp Is Suing The Indian Government To Protect People’s Privacy
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    May 12, 2020
    For days, Jay watched with mounting alarm as people in India were forced to install the government’s coronavirus contact tracing app. Then, he rolled up his sleeves and ripped its guts out. New from me: Indians are finding workarounds to Aarogya Setu.
    India’s Contact Tracing App Is All But Mandatory. So This Programmer Hacked It So That He Always...
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    Apr 11, 2021
    I love tech. But over the last few years, writing about it from India has meant having front-row seats to an unspooling democracy. It's been scary and stressful, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it, so I wrote a personal essay about it.
    I Thought My Job Was To Report On Technology In India. Instead, I Got A Front-Row Seat To The...
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    @PranavDixit
    May 25, 2021
    🚨 Some big personal news: I am SO excited to announce that I'll be a Nieman Fellow at @Harvard later this year! I can't wait to meet my incredibly diverse and global cohort and get started.
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    May 25, 2021
    We’re pleased to introduce the 2022 Nieman Fellows, accomplished journalists from around the world who'll join us at @Harvard this fall. The group includes investigative reporters, editors, podcasters, data specialists and visual storytellers. Welcome all! nieman.harvard.edu/news/2021/05/n…