Trump’s alternate reality fits with a metaverse that doesn’t really exist, in a galaxy far far away

by Rashmee

Posted on January 13, 2022


Listen to the full broadcast of NPR’s January 11 interview with Donald Trump and you …

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Meta problems: Beyond Facebook

by Rashmee

Posted on October 29, 2021


Facebook has problems. Meta ones, which is to say, problems beyond problems. In Greek, “meta” …

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Kim Jong Un, the millennial

by Rashmee

Posted on September 6, 2019


Whether or not #Kim Jong Un likes #avo toast, his propensities are not particularly millennial. …

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Nations need to take a bespoke and multi-faceted approach to online regulation

by Rashmee

Posted on May 14, 2019 / The National


Social media possesses immense power to influence our societies. Now, a number of countries are …

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Has the ‘delete Facebook’ campaign had effect? Not so you would notice

by Rashmee

Posted on April 25, 2018


Facebook reports quarterly earnings today, the first reckoning-up since an enormous crisis of trust engulfed …

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The story of Alfred Nobel should sound a warning for Zuckerberg and his legacy

by Rashmee

Posted on March 27, 2018 / The National


The story goes that Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, was so mortified by an …

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What is civilisation, Ibn Khaldun, famous son of Tunis, wondered in the 14th century

by Rashmee

Posted on December 2, 2017


Sitting in Tunis it feels entirely right and proper to be perusing ‘The Muqaddimah’, the …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK