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Rohan Seth
Staff writer, surveillance and platforms
Rohan writes about state surveillance, facial recognition deployments, and how platforms negotiate with regulators in India. Previously a tech reporter at The Hindu's Bangalore bureau, he joined Decode in 2025 to lead its surveillance accountability beat.
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At least thirteen Indian citizens from West Bengal were deported to Bangladesh in 2025 without an inquiry. Sunali Khatun’s case shows how a process designed to remove non-citizens reached her — and what the Calcutta High Court has ordered the state to fix.
By Adrija Bose, Srijit Das & Rohan Seth · 20 Nov ↗
Decode looked at the permissions and SDK list of three of the most-installed school apps in Indian metros. The results are not what the consent screen suggested.
By Rohan Seth · 15 Nov ↗
