Shamsheer Yousaf Independent Journalist
Shamsheer Yousaf is a journalist based in Bengaluru. He has previously worked as a reporter at Mint, Deccan Herald, and The New Indian Express. His work has also been featured in Fountain Ink and Hindustan Times. He is a recipient of the Red Ink Award from the Mumbai Press Club.

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Shamsheer Yousaf

As CSAM Surges, A New Drive to Prosecute Offenders

22 March 2022
What does it take to take down an illegal video clip containing child sexual abuse material from the internet? This is the story of Naina and Vicky and their quest to take down their video clip from the internet.

Birds in data: Counting cuckoos and other stories

20 March 2019
Many legends abound about the monsoon in India — but none so delightful as that around the Jacobin pied cuckoo. A slender black and white cuckoo, the bird is easily identifiable with its long tail and distinctive crest. Even in flight, one can easily spot the bird by the white patches on its wings and […]

Perpetrators, platforms, processes:The common enemies of the Indian online harassed

17 December 2017
As online harassment explodes in India, the world’s second largest market of internet users, local police and judiciary struggle with the new-age crime — even if it ends in a suicide Linkan Subudhi was on cloud nine on the morning of May 29, before her political career nosedived. It was the day after the state […]