Stories by Asad Baig
The writer is a journalist, techie, media strategist, and the founder of media development and watchdog organisation Media Matters for Democracy. He tweets @asadbeyg
The danger is not simply that children see harmful content. It is that the platforms are built to keep them there.
Updated 19 Jul, 2026 09:36am
If AI is to be embedded into governance, we cannot rely entirely on foreign models.
Updated 12 Jun, 2026 09:11am
The existence of UAPs does not automatically mean they are alien. It means they are unresolved.
Updated 01 Jun, 2026 08:36am
Democratic states may begin to depend on privately owned systems they cannot fully audit, regulate or understand.
Updated 18 May, 2026 08:32am
Rather than explain why peace serves Indian interests, the ‘Godi media’ sells anger against Pakistan.
Updated 01 May, 2026 09:54am
The US is once again deeply entangled in regions at the heart of global energy flows.
Published 06 Apr, 2026 06:11am
AI does not eliminate the need for this work. On the contrary, AI multiplies it.
Published 14 Dec, 2025 07:14pm
How will journalism evolve to meet the challenges ushered in by AI?
Updated 14 Dec, 2025 10:14am
Social media giants do not set prices but control attention instead.
Published 18 Oct, 2025 06:45am
Critical gaps risk undermining the AI policy’s promise.
Published 05 Sep, 2025 06:42am
There’s no transparency in how ‘binary trading’ platforms operate.
Published 19 Aug, 2025 07:30am
Meta’s invisible levers decide whose voices rise and whose vanish.
Published 14 Jul, 2025 07:03am
The social media vetting rule isn’t just a draconian border policy but a slow, deliberate erosion of the right to dissent and the right to be human online.
Published 01 Jul, 2025 11:37am
Pakistan’s newfound enthusiasm for crypto doesn’t have to follow the chaotic arc seen elsewhere.
Updated 02 Jun, 2025 11:12am
The media circus around the Pahalgam attack feels like a clumsy Indian TV show sequel.
Updated 24 May, 2025 08:21am
False claims, fabricated images and incendiary rhetoric are spreading.
Updated 10 May, 2025 09:25am
One can safely assume that accountability has collapsed when a machine recommends a target and a human merely clicks ‘confirm’.
Updated 26 Apr, 2025 06:45pm
The deeper damage may hit Pakistan’s fledgling AI and tech development ecosystem.
Updated 19 Apr, 2025 08:30am
Across governments and tech platforms, we are witnessing a reordering of who gets to define truth.
Updated 05 Apr, 2025 09:02am
When laws meant to curb lies are used as political tools, the cure can be worse than the disease.
Updated 15 Feb, 2025 08:42am
