How young Muslims are ensuring that Hindutva hate does not go unrecorded – despite police hostility

Young Muslims refuse to take threats lying down. They know that these diminish them and have the potential to translate into physical attacks.

Apoorvanand

· Aug 13, 2021 · 06:30 am

Saba Naqvi: To watch the Jantar Mantar videos is to know what hate looks like

As Independence Day approaches, a sense of anxiety hangs over Muslims in Delhi.

Saba Naqvi

· Aug 10, 2021 · 06:30 am

Jamia shooter gets bail in communal speech case

A different court in Haryana had rejected his bail plea last month, saying ‘hate-mongers like him cannot walk freely’.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 03, 2021 · 02:18 pm

Jamia shooter’s bail plea rejected, court says ‘such hate-mongers cannot walk freely’

Earlier this week, the man was arrested and later sent to judicial custody for making a provocative speech at a mahapanchayat in Pataudi town.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 16, 2021 · 06:48 pm

Jamia shooter arrested for communal speech at Haryana mahapanchayat

He threatened to attack ‘those with a terrorist mindset’.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 12, 2021 · 08:41 pm

How hate and violence are manufactured in a society

Incitement to violence is rarely explicit according to scholars who study speeches and propaganda.

H Colleen Sinclair, The Conversation

· Jan 30, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Online abuse of Kamala Harris shows that automated moderation doesn’t stop trolls

New research suggests tech firms need to improve how they detect abuse in response to the evolving use of coded language.

Alexandra Pavliuc, The Conversation

· Jan 27, 2021 · 07:30 pm

SC seeks Centre’s response on plea seeking to set up media tribunal to regulate hate speech

Filed through three advocates, the plea said the media, particularly the electronic medium, had become like ‘an unruly horse which needs to be tamed’.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 25, 2021 · 04:44 pm

Even in 1938, US media companies had stepped in to silence the hate speech of a public figure

Father Charles E Coughlin, a Nazi-sympathising Catholic priest with unfettered access to vast radio audiences, used to attack his enemies using falsehoods.

William (Bill) Kovarik, The Conversation

· Jan 19, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Kangana Ranaut has the right to tweet her thoughts, says Bombay HC on petition to block her account

A Mumbai lawyer alleged that the actor’s tweets hurt his religious sentiments and created animosity between different communities.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 22, 2020 · 11:32 am

Who is Ragini Tiwari whose video threatening protesting farmers has gone viral?

Earlier on February 23, Tiwari had issued a threat to those protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Dec 13, 2020 · 07:04 pm

Why words matter: Political violence increases when politicians use inflammatory language

Research shows that hate speech is not just political theatre.

James Piazza, The Conversation

· Oct 01, 2020 · 07:30 pm