Mohan J Dutta

Yes, it’s the grotesque NZ far right that’s left there. Disgusting and toxic.

The Galgotias 69 Saga: A Feature of India's Authoritarian Assault on Critical Thinking and Academic Freedom Mohan Dutta, Culture-centered approach, CARE, Massey University, Mohan Jyoti Dutta, Prof Mohan Dutta, Mohan J. Dutta, Communication for social change

The AI fad, culture of propaganda, and attack on critical thinking. The India AI Summit and Galgotias robodug fiasco.

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Welcome Jane! So good to see you here.

Too many people amassing astronomic wealth fundamentally do not believe in the idea that all people are equal and deserve equal rights, and they are spending their money on those ideas. This is the story.

The Galgotias 69 Saga: A Feature of India's Authoritarian Assault on Critical Thinking and Academic Freedom Mohan Dutta, Culture-centered approach, CARE, Massey University, Mohan Jyoti Dutta, Prof Mohan Dutta, Mohan J. Dutta, Communication for social change

The AI fad, culture of propaganda, and attack on critical thinking. The India AI Summit and Galgotias robodug fiasco.

culture-centered.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Hackers made death threats against this security researcher. Big mistake. Allison Nixon had helped arrest dozens of members of The Com — a loose affiliation of online groups responsible for violence and hacking campaigns. Then she became a target.

Anonymously threatening a security researcher seems like a shooting-yourself-in-the-dick level bad decision. Kudos to Allison Nixon for not taking any shit.

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I'm in New Delhi for the #AIImpactSummit, the first of these global convenings to be held in the Global South. That matters a great deal.

And yet: Whose voices shape the agenda? Which communities are centered ? Which are displaced? The contradictions are as visible and important as the ambitions.

Meanwhile, same network targets, through influential white supremacist hosts - week, after week, after week, after week, after week - Muslims, immigrants, and minorities in New Zealand by mainstreaming exactly *the same ideology of the ChCh terrorist*. Unthinkable in 2019. Entrenched today. #nzpol

Nothing to see here. Just New Zealand's leading far-right, & disinfo platform following/retweeting Martin Sellner (not for first time either). His ideology is explicitly referenced in title, & feat. throughout 'manifesto' penned by ChCh terrorist. Sellner was also sent ~$1.7k by ChCh terrorist.

The Free Speech Union's Hate Infrastructure: How "Debate" Becomes a Weapon Mohan Dutta, Culture-centered approach, CARE, Massey University, Mohan Jyoti Dutta, Prof Mohan Dutta, Mohan J. Dutta, Communication for social change

Documenting the hate infrastructure of the Free Speech Union. It is an entire ecosystem of Neo Nazis and white supremacists.

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Cancel culture was far too underzealous

The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...

NEW: Read this terrific piece @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social for @thenerve.news in which she unpicks Edge.org, the hugely influential 'salon' funded by Epstein & threaded through with race science & eugenics.
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Interesting article. The billionaired think they are the master race.

"Billionaires really like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as a good and natural thing"

I bonded with Virginia a few years back over a mutual fascination with Edge.org. I recognised its influence years ago, even pitched a piece on it...but I did not seethe ideology beneath the 'science' Epstein/Brockman promoted which @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social lays bare
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This isn't something distant or far away. Super-agent & close Epstein ally, John Brockman had huge influence. His 'rockstar' writers, scientists and academics dominated our book pages & broadsheets.

We need nothing less than a total revisionist history of the last 20 years.
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Jfc, this is some grim shit seeping through our communities, & all supported by other grim shit aligned with the ACT party & many in NZFirst.
#nzpol

The Free Speech Union's Hate Infrastructure: How "Debate" Becomes a Weapon Mohan Dutta, Culture-centered approach, CARE, Massey University, Mohan Jyoti Dutta, Prof Mohan Dutta, Mohan J. Dutta, Communication for social change

Documenting the hate infrastructure of the Free Speech Union. It is an entire ecosystem of Neo Nazis and white supremacists.

culture-centered.blogspot.com/2026/02/free...

The Free Speech Facade: Inviting Steven Pinker and the Hypocritical War on "Woke" as Strategy for Protecting Powerful White Men Mohan Dutta, Culture-centered approach, CARE, Massey University, Mohan Jyoti Dutta, Prof Mohan Dutta, Mohan J. Dutta, Communication for social change

Sharing the blog post that sent FSU in the full attack mode.

They can simply answer the question, did they know of Pinker’s Epstein links when they platformed him, yes or no.

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Structural challenges for the global circulation of knowledge and scientific sovereignty in a multipolar world Article Structural challenges for the global circulation of knowledge and scientific sovereignty in a multipolar world was published on February 1, 2025 in the journal Online Media and Global Communic...

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"Mohan Dutta, distinguished professor of communication at Massey University, quoted Farrar's Post and said the attempt to honour "a far-right white supremacist ... should give you a full list of who the backers of the far right are in NZ mainstream politics"."
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#nzpol

Invitation to Mohan Dutta from Free Speech Union!

Declining this FSU podcast invitation. FSU’s track record, and the Ani O’Brien post shared with it, don’t signal good‑faith dialogue. One question: when platforming Steven Pinker, did FSU consider his role in the Epstein ecosystem?

The Free Speech Facade: Inviting Steven Pinker and the Hypocritical War on "Woke" as Strategy for Protecting Powerful White Men Mohan Dutta, Culture-centered approach, CARE, Massey University, Mohan Jyoti Dutta, Prof Mohan Dutta, Mohan J. Dutta, Communication for social change

Sharing the blog post that sent FSU in the full attack mode.

They can simply answer the question, did they know of Pinker’s Epstein links when they platformed him, yes or no.

culture-centered.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

We joined 140 feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations together to call on the United Kingdom to scrap ‘bathroom ban’ policies and ensure trans inclusion 🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇧 transsolidarityalliance.com @transsolidarity.bsky.social

And what have us Decolonial & Trans Inclusive Feminists been saying all along...Terfs=Fascists=Misogynists=The Patriarchy. Now we have the receipts. Terfs are the groomers & abusers.

Solidarity with our Trans, Non-Binary & non conforming whānau; Solidarity with Indigenous people; Solidarity.

On the most recent episode of @trashfuture.bsky.social, Riley coins the term "Epsteinist" for the politics of profiting from managed decline and the promotion of that decline, and I think it should catch on.

Many people, including "Posie Parker" earn their income from anti-trans rhetoric. It's not a campaign for women's rights, it's a way to leverage hatred and fear for profit, and in csome cases for votes.
#NZpol

Absolutely e hoa, not giving them the legitimacy they so desperately crave, they can just explain why they invited Pinker.

The Projection Machine: Epstein's Intellectual Network and the War on Trans People Mohan Dutta, Culture-centered approach, CARE, Massey University, Mohan Jyoti Dutta, Prof Mohan Dutta, Mohan J. Dutta, Communication for social change

Anti-trans hate is an industry. Not a movement, not a moral concern, not an organic uprising of worried parents — an industry, deliberately constructed, lavishly funded, & strategically deployed to protect the interests of the powerful men who finance it
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I appreciate you reading it Byron and for your kind words!

Thank you for sharing e hoa!