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Hate crimes: Report documents 602 hate crimes, 345 hate speech incidents in 1st year of Modi’s third term
A staggering 947 hate-driven incidents have dotted the first year of the third term of the Modi (NDA) regime says a report jointly documented by the APCR and Quill Foundation and released recently
Delhi Govt’s Committee of Peace and Harmony to examine Facebook India’s role in Delhi riots
The Committee of Peace and Harmony talks to two journalists monitoring Facebook’s community standards’ implementation in India, the proceedings were livestreamed
Bengaluru riots coverage: Kannada news media under the scanner
Anti hate-speech group writes to state minorities commission demanding action against errant channels, publications
Blaming algorithms is denial of corporate responsibility: Former civil servants to Facebook
Open letter to Mark Zuckerberg demands a look into the working of Facebook’s hate-speech policy in India
Hate content on social media: Corporate and individual responsibility
Does the WSJ expose on FB’s alleged tacit support of the regime’s hate machinery also open doors to a deeper understanding of what led to the Bengaluru riots?
What is the BJP’s latest status update on Facebook?
Political debate over allegations of selectively ignoring hate speech heats up, BJP sticks to deflecting core issue
Facebook protects hate speech by ‘regime favourites’ of ruling BJP?
A Wall Street Journal report says that by turning a blind eye to controversial hate speech by Indian politicians, the social media platform was favouring Modi's BJP
Multiple FIRs against BJP MLA Shiladitya Dev’s Hate Speech: Assam
Image Courtesy:english.newstracklive.comSeveral FIRs have been lodged against BJP MLA...
Thok do s***e ko: Bachchan declares war on trolls
The actor, who has been in the hospital since he tested positive for Covid-19 wrote a hateful letter to internet trolls, inciting his fans to commit violence against those who wish him ill
Brinda Karat demands ex-CBI chief be chargesheeted
M Nageswara Rao, a serving IPS officer, had tweeted this weekend alleging Maulana Azad, Leftists ‘whitewashed Islamic rule’
Why social media giants must identify and remove Zakir Naik’s hate speech
Zakir Naik has constantly been propagating hate speech through his videos and influencing innocent youth in the Indian subcontinent
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