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This house supports the rise of Superapps
Infoslide

A Superapp refers to a mobile app that provides the primary functions of a smartphone typically accessed through multiple apps (e.g. instant messaging, online marketplaces, tap-payments etc..) in a single app platform. Examples of Superapps include WeChat in China, Grab in Southeast Asia, Tata Neu in India.

Western World Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Round 6 · 2025-01-31
This House believes that televised court trials do more harm than good
- Law
- Criminal Justice
- Media
- Privacy
- Human Rights
Oxford Schools China Rounds 2024-2025 National Finals · Round 1 · 2025-01-24
This House supports the trend towards authenticity on social media
- Media
- Culture
- Mental Health
- Privacy
Infoslide

Authenticity on social media refers to the practice of presenting oneself in a way that is perceived as genuine, unfiltered, and true to one’s identity or experiences. This trend contrasts with the curated and idealized personas often associated with traditional social media use. Examples include sharing unedited photos, discussing personal struggles, or avoiding overly polished content.

Oxford Schools China Rounds 2024-2025 National Finals · Round 5 · 2025-01-24
This house would allow the use of facial recognition technology in public spaces to combat crime.
Infoslide

Facial recognition technology helps computers recognize and identify people's faces by looking at their unique features. It is commonly used for security, authentication, and surveillance purposes.

Asia Schools Open - Asian Parliamentary (Winter Edition) 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-01-18
This house regrets the rise of facial recognition technology by law enforcement agencies.
Infoslide

Facial recognition technology (FRT) uses software to detect and analyze distinctive facial features, then match them against digital image databases. In recent years, law enforcement agencies worldwide have increasingly adopted this technology to identify individuals, track persons of interest, and search for suspects by scanning feeds from public cameras or body-worn devices. The technology often relies on large datasets, which can include images drawn from public spaces, social media, and other sources.

Hart House Winter Open 2025 · Junior Quarterfinals · 2025-01-18
This house prefers a world where everyone has widespread access to the SHLA
Infoslide

The Shart House Liar Alarm (SHLA) is a device that plays a visible and audible alert to everyone when the speaker in a conversation is making a false statement.

Hart House Winter Open 2025 · Open Finals · 2025-01-18
This house, as the citizen, would become an artist.
Infoslide

You are a citizen in a state that issues a mandatory aptitude test, the result of which is publicized. You are not required to pursue a career based on the results of the test. Your true passion lies in science. However, you scored the highest in your country on art and design, and are predicted to become one of the best artists of your generation.

Taipei European Novice Tournament 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-01-18
This house prefers a world in which all people have chronic Pinocchiosis
- Privacy
- Law
- Democracy
- Media
Infoslide

Chronic Pinocchiosis is a condition that causes an individual’s nose to horizontally grow by a millimetre every time they knowingly lie. Once it grows, it does not shrink back, and it is magically immune to rhinoplasty or any other attempt at artificial shrinkage. Long noses do not cause any significant health issues and nose growth caused by Chronic Pinocchiosis is not hereditary.

English College Open 2025 · Novice Grand Final · 2025-01-17
This house supports US's ban on Tiktok
The 17th Christ University Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-01-17
This house supports the popular use of platonic AI companions.
Infoslide

Several companies utilise AI to simulate a virtual friendship experience (e.g. Replika, Pi AI, Woebot etc). These apps can engage in conversations, respond to messages, share secrets, provide advice or emotional support, and exhibit behaviors that simulate a friendly relationship.

Eunoia Debating Championships 2025 · Plate Finals · 2025-01-17
This house believes that social media and communication platforms (eg. Telegram, WhatsApp and Facebook) should actively cooperate with law enforcement in the crackdown of illegal activities on their platforms, even at the expense of undermining their encryption and privacy policies.
Eunoia Debating Championships 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-01-17
This house supports the use of AI in mental health services (examples include but are not limited to: AI offer company, help cope with depression, offer personalized treatment recommendations etc.).
NHSDLC British Parliamentary Open 2025 · School的决赛 · 2025-01-17
This house prefers to live an average anonymous life in South Korea over becoming a K-POP star
- Privacy
- Media
- Asia
- Mental Health
- Culture
Seasons Novice British Parliamentary 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-01-11
The parliament does not support predictive policing.
ফরচুন ট্রাভেলস লিমিটেড নিবেদিত ১ম মুক্তি ও গণতন্ত্র জাতীয় বিতর্ক উৎসব ২০২৫" আন্তঃবিশ্ববিদ্যালয় পর্য · Semifinals · 2025-01-11
This house prefers a world where all people have complete, perfect memory of everything they've experienced
Winter Debate Symposium 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-01-11
In areas with high crime rates, This house would relax enforcement of privacy rights (allowing phone tapping, government surveillance, etc.)
- Privacy
- Criminal Justice
- Law
- Police
Winter Debate Symposium 2025 · Pre-Novice Finals · 2025-01-11
This House Prefers the citizen welfare standard to the consumer welfare standard
- Law
- Economics
- Privacy
- Environment
- Democracy
Infoslide

The consumer welfare standard is a legal doctrine that states that business conduct and mergers and acquisitions are only anti-competitive and should be prevented when they harm consumers (e.g., by raising prices, lowering quality, reducing innovation, etc.). In contrast, the citizen welfare standard is a legal doctrine that states business conduct and mergers and acquisitions are to be evaluated on consumer and non-economic outcomes (e.g., privacy, environment, democracy, etc).

Panama World Universities Debating Championships 2025 · Round 7 · 2024-12-27
C. This house believes that the AI race between corporations does more harm than good.
Cambodia Debate League Open S3 2024 · Novice Finals · 2024-12-21
A. This house would cap individuals' non-essential expenditure.
- Social Policy
- Economics
- Law
- Privacy
Infoslide

A. Non-essential expenditure refers to spending on goods and services that are not necessary for basic survival or well-being, such as luxury items, entertainment, dining out, vacations, and other discretionary purchases that go beyond fundamental needs like food, shelter, healthcare, and education. Any amount exceeding the cap can either be redirected into savings (personal savings accounts, retirement funds), or contributed to public welfare initiatives (e.g., social programs, healthcare, education), as mandated by the government.

Cambodia Debate League Open S3 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-12-21
B. This house supports the use of AI in mental health services.
Cambodia Debate League Open S3 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-12-21