Channel News Asia (CNA): Fact Vs. Fiction – India’s Disinformation War (Documentary)
Why has fake news become an industry in India? Channel News Asia (CNA) traverse India to meet internet trolls, to understand the financial and ideological reasons that compel them into becoming agents of misinformation. Watch full documentary here
Unraveling the Web: Hate Speech, Disinformation, Weaponization of History and Role of Mainstream Media
By Deeksha Udupa Apoorvanand Jha is a professor of Hindi at the University of Delhi. A well-known political commentator, he is also a columnist in leading newspapers, magazines, and news websites, writing broadly on education, culture, communalism, violence, and human rights issues. In this interview, Professor Apoorvanand shares his insights into the current landscape of […]
Independent: Muslim schools closed in most populous state ahead of major election
A large majority of these incidents occurred in states governed by the Hindu right-wing nationalist BJP, according to a report published this week by the India Hate Lab (IHL), a research group based in Washington, DC. The frequency of hate speech peaked from August to November last year – a period that coincided with political […]
Radio Canada: Anti-Muslim hate is on the rise in India, and it’s expected to get worse ahead of elections
According to a report released in February by IHL, India saw a large increase in hate speech in 2023, with a 62 per cent rise in the second half of the year. What we are witnessing is a huge wave of anti-Muslim hate speech, said the group’s founder, Raqib Hameed Naik. There were 668 hate speech events […]
Freedom House: Ahead of Landmark Elections, India’s Government Silences Dissent
Critics of Prime Minister Modi, the ruling party, or the Hindu nationalist policies that they champion are the prime targets of this censorship apparatus. In the first two months of 2024, the websites and social media accounts and posts that Indian authorities sought to scrub from the internet included Hindutva Watch and India Hate Lab, […]
CBC News: What’s driving hate rallies aimed at Muslims in one Indian state
The Quint: Hate Speech & Conspiracy Theories: Targeting Muslims With ‘Jihad’ Claims
A recent report by India Hate Lab, a Washington DC-based group, documented 668 instances of hate speech against the Muslim community in India, all of which took place in 2023. Averaging at two events per day, the report – titled ‘Hate Speech Events in India’ – said that 63 percent (420 instances) of all events […]
Asia Times: Modi riding the politics of hate to reelection
This concern is backed up by human rights organizations like India Hate Lab, which reported almost two anti-Muslim hate speech events per day in India last year, with 255 hate speech incidents occurring in the first half of 2023. The vast majority were in BJP-controlled states, the research shows. Tellingly, the websites of India Hate Lab […]
Harvesting Hate: The Impact of Hate Speech in Rural India
By Deeksha Udupa Parth M.N. is an award-winning journalist who reports on marginalized communities and social inequality in rural India for various Indian and international publications. In light of the surge in hate speech incidents, communal tensions, and violence, Parth M.N. shares insights into the ground realities of communal disharmony and the proliferation of hate […]
Reuters: Anti-Muslim hate speech soars in India, research group says
Anti-Muslim hate speech in India rose by 62% in the second half of 2023 compared to the first six months of the year, a Washington-based research group said on Monday, adding the Israel-Gaza war played a key role in the last three months. India Hate Lab documented 668 hate speech incidents targeting Muslims in 2023, […]