hate speech
- India
Gujarat: Hindu mob attacks 2 madarasa students; both badly injured
Two Muslim students of a local madarasa in the Paldi area of Gujarat were reportedly lynched by a Hindutva mob on Sunday night. The victims have sustained serious injuries and are hospitalised.…
- Technology
FB failed to flag India hate content as it lacked ‘Hindi, Bengali’ classifiers
New Delhi: Facebook, battered by a whistleblower’s serious accusations in the US against its “toxic” and “divisive” algorithms, allegedly did not take action on fear-mongering and hate content related to India because…
- Kerala
Kerala bishop’s ‘narcotics jihad’ remark sparks outrage; plea filed against him
Thiruvananthapuram: Adding to the growing rate of Islamophobia, the Syro Malabar Church Pala diocese bishop Mar Joseph Kallarangatt said that Catholic girls in Kerala were victims of “narcotic jihad”. The bishop further…
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We are not Taliban State: Court denies bail to accused in anti-Muslim slogans case
New Delhi: A Delhi court has dismissed the anticipatory bail application of a Hindu organisation’s president who allegedly raised communal slogans, saying we are not a Taliban State . Additional Sessions Judge Anil…
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Twitter suspends hate-preacher Yati Narsinghanand’s account
Hyderabad: Twitter has suspended the account of Yati Narsighanand Saraswati, who is known for his hate-spewing comments against Muslims, from the microblogging site. Team SAATH (Stand Against Abuse Troll Harassment), which is…
- India
Jamia Shooter Ram Bhakt Gopal gets bail in hate speech case
Gurugram: Ram Bhakt Gopal who is infamous for opening fire in Delhi’s Jamia area in January 2020 has been granted bail in a hate speech case. In this case, he has been…
- India
Rambhakt Gopal arrested by Haryana police for hate speech against Muslims
Gurugram: Days after he made a speech inciting violence and encouraging mass murder of Muslims in Haryana’s Pataudi, police on Monday arrested Rambhakt Gopal for hate speech. He is now sent to…
- Technology
LinkedIn formally joins EU Code on hate speech takedowns
London: Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has committed to doing more to quickly purge illegal hate speech from its platform in the EU by formally signing up to a self-regulatory initiative that seeks to tackle the…
- Andhra Pradesh
Complaint against Dalit IPS officer for ‘hate speech’ against Hindus
Hyderabad: Legal Rights Observatory (LRO) has lodged a complaint against senior Dalit IPS officer PV Sunil Kumar for allegedly promoting a separatist ideology among castes and for indulging in hate speech against…
- Technology
Instagram’s new feature to combat hate speech, abuse
San Francisco: Facebook-owned Instagram on Wednesday announced a new feature to protect people from seeing abusive direct messages (DMs), as well as the ability to prevent someone you’ve blocked from contacting you from…
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Delhi Police summons Narsinghanand to join probe into case against him
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Friday summoned religious leader Narsinghanand Saraswati to join the investigation days after registering an FIR against him for allegedly hurting religious sentiments, officials said. The FIR was…
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Hyderabad: Islamic preacher Ilyas Sharfuddin booked for alleged hate video
Hyderabad: The Hussainialam police have registered a suo-moto case against Islamic preacher Ilyas Sharfuddin for allegedly making and circulating provocative statement over social media. According to the sources Y.K.Prasad, Sub-Inspector of police…
- India
‘Fear speech’ being used to polarise Indians on Whatsapp: IIT-MIT study
Hyderabad: A study has found that messages and information shared on Indian WhatsApp groups have extensively used ‘fear speech’ to instill fear among the majority Hindus against the minority Muslim population of…
- India
How BJP’s Kapil Mishra runs an online hate factory: NL report
New Delhi: An investigation into online groups run by BJP leader Kapil Mishra, who is considered to be the mastermind of last year’s riots in New Delhi, has found that the man…
- Technology
Instagram takes strict steps to restrain hate speech in direct messages
California: If you are a social media user, who is tired of stressing over hateful comments in your Instagram direct messages, then here’s what the photo-sharing application has changed for you. According…
