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

AI safety paradox

AI regulators should operate transparently and remain subject to judicial oversight.

Updated 21 Sep, 2026 04:54pm

The Google bargain

The government should assess the partnership with Google against five questions.

Updated 12 Sep, 2026 08:56am

Who controls the answer?

People are turning to AI assistants with questions they once asked Google, journalists or experts.

Updated 26 Aug, 2026 08:14am

Safety by design

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

Pakistan’s AI checklist

If AI is to be embedded into governance, we cannot rely entirely on foreign models.

Updated 12 Jun, 2026 09:11am

‘The truth is still out there’

The existence of UAPs does not automatically mean they are alien. It means they are unresolved.

Updated 01 Jun, 2026 08:36am

The new war machine

Democratic states may begin to depend on privately owned systems they cannot fully audit, regulate or understand.

Updated 18 May, 2026 08:32am

The Outrage Machine reloaded

Rather than explain why peace serves Indian interests, the ‘Godi media’ sells anger against Pakistan.

Updated 01 May, 2026 09:54am

The age of AI empires

The US is once again deeply entangled in regions at the heart of global energy flows.

Published 06 Apr, 2026 06:11am

How will journalism evolve to meet the challenges ushered in by AI?

AI does not eliminate the need for this work. On the contrary, AI multiplies it.

Published 14 Dec, 2025 07:14pm

Journalism after AI

How will journalism evolve to meet the challenges ushered in by AI?

Updated 14 Dec, 2025 10:14am

Cost of connection

Social media giants do not set prices but control attention instead.

Published 18 Oct, 2025 06:45am

AI crossroads

Critical gaps risk undermining the AI policy’s promise.

Published 05 Sep, 2025 06:42am

Illusion of trading

There’s no transparency in how ‘binary trading’ platforms operate.

Published 19 Aug, 2025 07:30am

Rockefeller rebooted

Meta’s invisible levers decide whose voices rise and whose vanish.

Published 14 Jul, 2025 07:03am

You are welcome to the land of the free … only if you are willing to give up your freedom of speech

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