Etemaad Daily: META REMOVES ACCOUNTS RELATED TO BJP MLA RAJA SINGH OVER HATE SPEECH
In a decisive action, IT giant Meta has removed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh’s Facebook and Instagram accounts over allegations of hate speech. These accounts were removed according to Meta’s “dangerous individuals and organizations” policy. Read More
The News Minute: India Hate Lab impact: Meta removes accounts linked to BJP MLA Raja Singh
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has removed two Facebook pages and three Instagram accounts linked to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA T Raja Singh. The action comes roughly two weeks after India Hate Lab (IHL) published a report highlighting the dissemination of hate speech on social media platforms. IHL is a project […]
The Siasat Daily: Meta removes accounts related to BJP MLA Raja Singh over hate speech
Hyderabad: In a decisive action, IT giant Meta has removed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh’s Facebook and Instagram accounts over allegations of hate speech. These accounts were removed according to Meta’s “dangerous individuals and organizations” policy. These platforms, mainly Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, recently shared details about the BJP MLA’s events […]
Daily Mail: Anti-Muslim hate speech surges in India led by Modi: report
Hate speech in India targeting the country’s religious minorities saw a “staggering” surge in 2024, a US-based think tank said Monday. The alarming rise was “deeply intertwined with the ideological ambitions of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the broader Hindu nationalist movement”, the India Hate Lab (IHL) said in a report. During India’s […]
CNN: World’s most populous nation saw a ‘staggering’ rise in hate speech last year, report says
India’s religious minorities have faced a “staggering” rise in hate speech over the past year, including from top leaders of the ruling Hindu nationalist party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a report released Monday. The number of hate speech incidents targeting Muslim and Christian minorities rose to 1,165 in 2024 from 668 the year prior, […]
BBC: India sees huge spike in hate speech in 2024, says report
Instances of hate speech against minorities jumped 74% in India in 2024, peaking during the country’s national elections, according to a new report. The report, released on Monday by Washington-based research group India Hate Lab, documented 1,165 such instances last year, adding that politicians like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah were […]
Reuters: Anti-minority hate speech in India rose by 74% in 2024, research group says
WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Instances of hate speech against minorities in India such as Muslims increased 74% in 2024, a Washington-based research group said on Monday, with incidents ballooning around last year’s national elections. India Hate Lab documented 1,165 instances of what it considered to be hate speech in 2024, compared with 668 a year […]
The Independent: Hate speech against religious minorities in India soared by 75% in 2024
There has been a sharp rise in hate speech incidents targeting religious minorities in India, according to a new report by an American think tank. The country recorded 1,165 hate speech events last year, a 74.4 per cent increase from 2023, the report by India Hate Lab said. As many as 98.5 per cent of these events targeted Muslims, either explicitly or […]
The Washington Post: Study blames social media for hate speech surge in India
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 […]
The Straits Times: Anti-minority hate speech in India rose by 74 per cent in 2024, research group says
WASHINGTON – Instances of hate speech against minorities in India such as Muslims increased 74 per cent in 2024, a Washington-based research group said on Feb 10, with incidents ballooning around 2024’s national elections. India Hate Lab documented 1,165 instances of what it considered to be hate speech in 2024, compared with 668 a year […]