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Hanan Zaffar

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Hanan Zaffar is a journalist and documentary filmmaker based out of Delhi. He has reported extensively on health, tech, business and environment for international media houses like Time, Guardian, Al Jazeera English, VICE, TRT World, Channel 4, Newsweek, Business Insider, DW News, The Diplomat, Middle East Eye, The New Arab, The Caravan Magazine etc

Hanan Zaffar’s Journalist Portfolio

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Separate and Unequal

Separate and Unequal

Earlier this year, Muhammad Raees, a 57-year-old resident of Jamia Nagar, began looking for a new house for h…

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India Is Hiding a Nightmare Snakebite Massacre

India Is Hiding a Nightmare Snakebite Massacre

An onslaught of fatal snakebite attacks is sweeping India and killing tens of thousands each year—and so far,…

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Fear, silent migration: A year after anti-Muslim riots in Delhi

Fear, silent migration: A year after anti-Muslim riots in Delhi

Nisha Mewati and her family had been living peacefully in northeast Delhi’s Shiv Vihar area – a mixed-neighbo…

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The Cost of Working in India's Digital Graveyards

The Cost of Working in India's Digital Graveyards

Children burning waste in the streets. Polluted water, soil and air. Welcome to India’s largest electronic-wa…

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The outcasts of Kashmir: Why no one wants to talk about the residents of Sheikh Colony

The outcasts of Kashmir: Why no one wants to talk about the residents of Sheikh Colony

Leaning against a wooden plank that supports her small makeshift tin shop on a roadside perch, a weather-beat…

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The Burning Mountains: India's Overcrowded Landfill Sites

The Burning Mountains: India's Overcrowded Landfill Sites

One of Delhi's largest landfills burned for two months. It was supposed to close more than 10 years ago, but …

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Inside India's courts, AI's growing role sparks concern

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By Hanan Zaffar Verified, Danish Pandit Verified
| MSN UK Verified
Danish Pandit, Hanan Zaffar The case seemed straightforward enough: a land dispute in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, a commissioner appointed to survey the property, and a set of objections to be ruled on. The judge resolved it by citing four legal precedents. There was just one problem. None of those precedents existed. All four had been generated by an AI tool — plausible-sounding judgments, complete with case names and legal reasoning, conjured from thin air.
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In India, AI deepfakes of the deceased are a lively business

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By Hanan Zaffar Verified, Jyoti Thakur
| Scroll.in Verified
This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. When the lights dimmed at Jaideep Sharma’s wedding reception in the north Indian city of Ajmer, guests expected to see a cheesy montage of the young couple in various attractive locations. Instead, they saw Sharma’s father – dead for more than a year – on the screen, smiling and blessing the newlyweds.
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AI deepfakes for grief and celebrations are growing in India

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By Hanan Zaffar Verified, Jyoti Thakur, Rina Chandran Verified
| Rest of World Verified
When the lights dimmed at Jaideep Sharma’s wedding reception in the north Indian city of Ajmer, guests expected to see a cheesy montage of the young couple in various attractive locations. Instead, they saw Sharma’s father — dead for more than a year — on the screen, smiling and blessing the newlyweds. The video was created using artificial intelligence by a local creator Sharma found on Instagram.
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How is social media changing news?

Dissemination is easier so is attaining access but hello fake news

Why did you become a journalist?

I want to dig out untold stories.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

On artists of Kashmir and their resistance through art
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