Weaponizing data for politics - Shivam Shankar Singh

We’ve all heard of the prevalence of Data Analytics in the political realm and stories of how companies like Cambridge Analytica influenced elections with the use of data. It used to be information that was power in politics but now data and the analysis of it lets parties weild even more power. If done right and combined with on ground intelligence, it allows for microtargetting and targetted advertising that are now a major tool for shaping the public discourse. My talk would focus on what data can be used by political parties and consultants to influence elections and how this data is converted into strategy. The talk would also raise some ethical concerns on the use of data for political purposes so that people working in the technology sector can have a more informed discussion on data privacy laws in the country. It would also be a call to action for people in the tech space to raise their concerns about how most of the data is stored in extremely insecure databases in the country.
Shivam is a politicial consultant working primarily on the data side and have worked on the Manipur and Tripura Legislative Assembly election campaigns for BJP. Shivam also worked briefly on the Punjab Legislative Assembly elections with Prashant Kishor’s company IPAC and was a Legislative Assistant to Member of Parliament (LAMP) fellow in 2015-16. Shivam graduated from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor with a B.Sc. in Economics.

[@ayanbanerjee5508]

people in the hall didn't realise how valuable the talk was,and what we saw was just a small portion of what can be done with the data

[@YadavAshishOfficial]

If there was a data protection and privacy bill in India, he must be in jail by now.

[@pomme_paille]

Im not Indian, I don't know this guy, but damn! He is brillant! Smart, and his passion is almost contagious. Really nice talk 👏🏿

[@shivsagarsingh8315]

One of the beat video to understand role of data in indian politics. Thanks for raising political awarness in such a different way.

[@SuperSksmanian]

People Who Left in the middle are "NUT HEADS " & and dont give a shit about the Future! Anyways , Very good Presentation and Eye opener.

[@sambitpati6129]

Great presentation 👩‍🏫‍ with pack of knowledge 📚

[@exposureminded6665]

Its great data analysis

[@AjiAli]

Excellent presentaion gives high level how does this work. Thank you

[@vijayakhilari7850]

Nice presentation... Knowledge enriching

[@AMITHAARONMETTU]

It was a nice presentation,But as you can see many people leave even before he steps off. power to those who stayed put.

[@kaushal21fb]

The masses in the country are too naive to understand this .. seen by the number of leavers who're most likely educated but least bothered to understand.

[@SuperSksmanian]

Exactly what i commented, the people who left , are nut heads !

[@jagadishkokkula2644]

Good information ❤

[@jagadishkokkula2644]

Good explanation ❤

[@maheshchourasia4976]

Fantastic Sir

[@gregoryshaversjr6637]

Damn this was a good talk.

[@ankitverma333]

Those who are not aware and need details of Mr. Shivam can read his book "How to win an Indian Election :What Politician Parties dont want you to know, i am here bocz, i am studying data science, nothing political

[@ruzbihanhadi177]

in that book, mr shivam will show how can we use data?

[@ruzbihanhadi177]

plus, where can i buy that book?

[@siddharthupadhyay5238]

@@ruzbihanhadi177 amazon. yes there is a slight glimpse into data methods (like what u collect and how u implement it) very slight touch

[@thekabu3888]

Which work you do bro 🙏🏻 can we met

[@siddharthupadhyay5238]

@@thekabu3888 I'm a boy hahaha

[@shivsagarsingh8315]

So we are just data, ready to be harnessed on the basis of caste and religion By the political parties.

[@MayurPanghaal]

Most people watching this don't even know that you need to be registered to vote ☑😁

[@mohdanzar9785]

Sir m political consultant ki job m interested ho please help and guide me

[@janardhand6200]

Excellent bro

[@formalinvestigation4406]

❤

[@techindiacg1400]

wow

[@niel7777]

If he added some tadkas in between he could hve persuaded audiences like giving out few inside stories like examples etc.

[@Mrroy08657]

Pls suggest such Best DS - Data Science Projects to get Jobs as Election Strategist or, Political Strategist thrugh DS as a Beginner. in INDIA?

[@shashidharan6492]

suggest me same if u got..

[@abhishekchoudhary3318]

Sir ji ish video ka Hindi me dal do

[@himanshut114]

Best use of data analysis 24:07 .....

[@janardhand6200]

I am still windering how the data been classified which caste voted to whch party based on electorate data ??? Is this possible to identify the probability of each caste segments to each political party??

[@shubhamrajput6478]

wonderful

[@himanshutripathi6114]

This works both ways Sir ........... and we vote for Narendra Modi ..... not because of whatsapp .... but because of what he has done.

[@Dinanath-iy6yc]

dirty politics missing rajiv dixit

[@omkarjagtap9849]

horrifying title but good psyops but that evil laugh....god damn that evil laugh

[@weeeewomeneducationwomenem5008]

Bhai Abhhi Congress Mai Chala Jaaaaa

[@swaraj1999]

These are overhyped people.

[@subhashalhat6996]

हिंदी में व्हिडिओ बनाव भाई

[@MayurPanghaal]

If you understand socs you know how evms are open game

[@MayurPanghaal]

All bjp supporters are not as bhakt as you think. Some like this speaker were conned by Modi image building by chor media. This is the swing vote ☑ which will decide bjp fate in 2019

[@MayurPanghaal]

I don't accept that cambridge analytica was not used by bjp. And once you have access to fb data and adhaar data, you can actually pin point the people who are your supporters and who aren't. It's more accurate than anything shown here. Adhaar has your mobile and email too. Combine that with fb which also has your mobile number and you can see where it's going. 😁

[@MayurPanghaal]

Best argument against democracy is a 5 min talk with an avg Joe on the street 😄

[@MayurPanghaal]

And when all else is done.... You have evms 😁

[@perseusvlasov367]

Everything he's saying is been done by BJP.

[@anilmeena4115]

Please Hindi me bolo angrezi nahi chahiye No Hindi no subscribe no share sorry to say 👎