Hate Speech

Censorship and the Drumbeats of Hate: Mapping the state of free speech ahead of the 2026 polls

A new report by Free Speech Collective traces five years of censorship, criminalisation of dissent, and the rise of hate-driven political discourse across Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry—raising urgent questions about the conditions for free and fair elections

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

Hate Speech by BJP’s Top Brass fuelled Build Up to Delhi Violence: Minorities Commission

As in all bouts of mass targeted violence all over the country for decades, Delhi 2020 was no different. A systemic build up of bloody eyed cadres on the streets was readied through the provocative speeches of top leaders of the ruling BJP including union minister of state, Anurag Thakur and BJP MP, ParveshVerma who were both actually banned from electioneering on January 29, 2020 by the Election Commission

Why social media sites must exercise social responsibility and nip hate speech in the bud

Even as police arrest the likes of Shubham Mishra for issuing rape threats to a comedian, the offensive posts must be culled from social media in the first place

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