Hate speech in India surged in 2024 and social media platforms played a key role in spreading divisive rhetoric against the country’s religious minorities, according to a research report released on Monday, our colleague Pranshu Verma writes for the Tech Brief.
There were at least 1,165 hate speech events in India during the election year 2024, a 74 percent increase from the year before, according to a study by the Washington think tank Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH).