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Ayushi Kar Profile picture
Ayushi Kar
@ayushikar1998
doing data investigations @reporters_co
Jan 9 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
1/Yesterday, an assistant election officer in West Bengal tendered his regination to the ECI amidst SIR. His complaint?

ECI's recent algorithm was faulty, and it was a ploy to disenfranchise a large section of voters.

@reporters_co has been tracking ECI's dubious software a 🧵 Image 2/ Before we dive into his resignation letter some backstory.

First we found that ECI had quietly introduced new softwares to find suspicious voters midway through the SIR. Crores of voters were flagged reverification as states rushed to complete preparing draft voter lists.
Jul 27, 2025 • 25 tweets • 7 min read
1/ We @reporters_co asked the Ministry of Law for all records of the legal advice it has given to Election Commission of India @ECISVEEP on the "Special Intensive Revision" that the latter is undertaking in Bihar for now and in the rest of India, next. Guess what they said? Image 2/ Why is it of importance: The Supreme Court is going to hear the SIR case on Monday (July 28). ECI has gone all out defending its decision to have every citizen prove their right to vote and citizenship afresh. Read our analysis of ECI's affidavit: reporters-collective.in/trc/eci-burden…
May 25, 2025 • 20 tweets • 4 min read
THREAD: Our @reporters_co investigation uncovered how ANI leverages copyright to profit from YouTubers. It's a David vs. Goliath scenario: ANI intimidates creators with channel shutdown threats as YouTube stands by, allowing the coercion. 1/n Image Our investigation reveals how YouTube's copyright policy hands ANI disproportionate power, enabling them to strong-arm creators into licensing deals ranging from ₹15-18 lakh. While ANI denies extortion, creators unequivocally call it just that. Read - 2/nsurl.li/urjiaw
Mar 17, 2025 • 20 tweets • 4 min read
#Thread From 1.3M+ 2024 election ads on Meta/Google, we @reporters_co found a niche aside from proxy advertisers: "Made in India" political apps, using big tech to draw voters to their political organizing platforms. Read- reporters-collective.in/trc/new-home-f… 1. Our deep dive reveals that one of Meta's top political ad spender ran a large Discord-like network used by all parties, but mostly BJP, to create large, often private propaganda/hate networks.