Nishita Jha

London

Contributor at Freelance

Senior Editor at Coda Story

Senior Editor @CodaStory Journalist, illustrator, graphic designer (she/her)

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Articles

Climate Disinformation Worth Millions

Dec 20, 2024 | codastory.com | Nishita Jha

Google’s billion-dollar advertising business is financing and earning revenue from articles that challenge the existence of climate change and question its severity, according to a new investigation by Global Witness.
Will the Cult of Personality Make America Great Again?

Dec 13, 2024 | codastory.com | Nishita Jha

The Presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump this week was fact-checked in a departure from format, uncovering several falsehoods by the former President. Does the American voter care? What truths do we face and what do we avert our eyes from? Can Trumpism and MAGA survive and outlast Trump?
What’s leaving Netflix? Palestine.

Nov 1, 2024 | codastory.com | Nishita Jha

In a contest of zero geopolitical significance, Netflix has teen viewers waiting with bated breath to find out whether its favorite American ingénue, Emily of Emily in Paris, will remain in the city of love or move to the latest hotspot for OTT streaming shows: Italy. But the fight goes beyond a handsome chef and cashmere business-owner (Emily’s French and Italian lovers respectively). France’s president Emmanuel Macron has he will “fight hard” to keep Emily in Paris.
Climate Disinformation Worth Millions

Sep 27, 2024 | codastory.com | Nishita Jha

Google’s billion-dollar advertising business is financing and earning revenue from articles that challenge the existence of climate change and question its severity, according to a new investigation by Global Witness.
Sinister Tech: When Pagers Explode

Sep 26, 2024 | codastory.com | Nishita Jha

Cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel have been on since October 7, but Israel’s latest airstrikes in Lebanon have been particularly horrific in their targeting of civilians. Hospitals and streets in Lebanon are overrun with injured and terrified civilians trying to escape war. Meanwhile, it seems apparent that Operation Exploding Pagers on September 18 marked the beginning of Israel’s military escalation in Lebanon and Syria.
Why is Trump obsessed with Haiti? He’s not the only one

Sep 20, 2024 | codastory.com | Nishita Jha

Anti-immigration sentiment is on the rise among American voters — butTrump’s obsession with Haiti isn’t just about that. Trump’s comments at the US Presidential debate about Haitian immigrants were fact-checked on the spot as having no credible basis — but in a pattern that is now familiar, once the words were uttered, the truth no longer appeared to matter to his followers.
Will the Cult of Personality Make America Great Again?

Sep 12, 2024 | codastory.com | Nishita Jha

The Presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump this week was fact-checked in a departure from format, uncovering several falsehoods by the former President. Does the American voter care? What truths do we face and what do we avert our eyes from? Can Trumpism and MAGA survive and outlast Trump?
Elon Musk vs The Defender of Democracy

Sep 6, 2024 | codastory.com | Nishita Jha

When tech titans run into trouble with governments, they make impassioned claims about being defenders of free-speech and Musk is no different. Time and again, the billionaire has claimed he is a “free speech absolutist” – but feelings are not facts, and Musk’s self-assessment is far from accurate. Since he took over X (formerly, Twitter), Musk has capitulated 80% of the time when asked by different governments to take down tweets, block accounts and suspend users.
Guide to Pavel Durov - Coda Story

Aug 30, 2024 | codastory.com | Nishita Jha

The Tech Mogul Under French Investigation and the Global Implications of His Unregulated Empire
Cold Allies

Aug 16, 2024 | codastory.com | Nishita Jha

First Trump and now Harris have both claimed foreign interference from hackers in their campaign bids. If disinformation and deepfakes involving politicians weren’t enough cause for alarm in 2024, reports of missing files from the Republican party by hackers allegedly linked to Iran should be.