“The thing that scared me most was when I started reading the manifesto that one of the apparent perpetrators of this attack published, not because it was deranged but because it was so familiar.”
Tag: hate speech
Here’s How Well-intentioned, Sane Media Allow Hatred To Flourish
We’re doomed if even the best of us can’t find phrases better than ‘faux pas’, ‘controversial’ and others to describe Anantkumar Hegde’s hateful utterances.
Netizen Report: Both Bangladesh and South Korea are Waging a ‘War on Porn’ — and Paving the Way for Political Censorship
South Korea and Bangladesh are blocking porn and “obscene” content, Venezuela is blocking YouTube, and Uzbekistan has finally stopped blocking Facebook and VK.
Cow Vigilantes Get Political Shelter, Police Pressured to Let Them Go Free: Human Rights Watch Report
90% of religion-based hate crimes in the last decade were reported after BJP came to power in 2014, the report states.
Kapil Mishra, MLA, Calls For Genocide, Destruction Of Wombs
When Swara Bhaskar and others criticised him, he called them “Jihaadan”.
Despite WhatsApp’s Precautionary Measures, BJP Plans To Spread Fake News Among 700 Million People Through WhatsApp
A former BJP employee alleged that the party had collected reams of personal data to classify voters and added them to different groups based on location, socioeconomic status and age.
West Bengal BJP President’s Violent Threat: When BJP Hits Someone, They Go Straight to Shamshan
Addressing a rally in Ukhra in Paschim Bardhaman in Durgapur, Dilip Ghosh also said, “When we hit here, the dead body will fall here and there.”
‘Sit Down or I Will Rename Mosque After Lord Vishnu’: Sambit Patra to Muslim Man During TV Debate
Spewing fresh venom, Patra also asked the AIMIM Spokesperson if the latter was a ‘Vishnu Bhakt’ or an ‘Allah Bhakt’.
SC Asks UP Govt Why Chief Minister Adityanath Should Not Be Prosecuted For 2007 Hate Speech Where He Sought ‘Revenge’ For A Hindu Man’s Death
The SC bench was hearing an appeal filed against the Allahabad High Court’s dismissal of a petition that had sought a CBI inquiry into Adityanath’s role in the 2007 Gorakhpur riots.
58 MPs, MLAs Have Declared Hate Speech Cases, BJP Leads With 27: ADR
BJP has 27 MPs, MLAs with such cases, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has 6, TRS (6), TDP (3), SHS (3), AITC (2), INC (2), IND (2), JD(U) (2), AIUDF (1), BSP (1), DMK (1), PMK (1) and SP (1), the ADR report added.