Delhi polls: Election body orders FIR against BJP’s Kapil Mishra for ‘India vs Pakistan’ remark

Earlier in the day, the Election Commission had asked Twitter to remove Mishra’s controversial tweet, calling it ‘highly objectionable’.

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· Jan 24, 2020 · 10:15 pm

Assam NRC: Violent hate speech targeting minorities on Facebook viewed over 54 lakh times, says NGO

The NGO, Avaaz, said that Bengali Muslims in Assam have been called ‘criminals’, ‘rapists’, ‘terrorists’, ‘pigs’ and ‘dogs’ on Facebook.

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· Nov 01, 2019 · 10:01 pm

Incendiary speech by jawan goes viral, CRPF says it was made during debate contest

Constable Khusboo Chauhan also urged people to pierce former JNU student activist Kanhaiya Kumar’s chest with the national flag.

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· Oct 05, 2019 · 07:10 pm

BJP Mahila Morcha leader says Hindus should rape Muslim women, expelled

‘Hindu brothers should make a group of 10 and gang rape their [Muslim] mothers and sisters openly on the streets,’ Sunita Singh Gaud had said on Facebook.

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· Jul 01, 2019 · 08:28 am

Civil servant suspended a day after complaining about Delhi MLA Kapil Mishra’s ‘incendiary’ video

Ashish Joshi told the Delhi police commissioner that the politician was ‘provoking people to attack some citizens’.

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· Feb 26, 2019 · 10:08 pm

Myanmar: Facebook admits it did not do enough to stop spread of hate speech against Rohingya Muslims

The company said it has since taken action against 64,000 pieces of content published from the country for violating its hate speech policies.

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· Nov 06, 2018 · 07:14 pm

Twitter permanently bans accounts of American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for abusive behaviour

Jones had about 8,50,000 followers on Twitter, with whom he shared and promoted conspiracy theories against liberals, Muslims and migrants.

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· Sep 07, 2018 · 12:25 pm

Canada: Man tells Indian-origin couple to return to their country, threatens to kill their children

The Hamilton Police are now investigating the incident as a hate crime.

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· Jul 31, 2018 · 09:48 pm

Rohingyas, Bangladeshis should be shot dead if they do not leave India, says BJP MLA

Telangana legislator Raja Singh also asked the central government to evict them from the country.

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· Jul 31, 2018 · 08:38 pm

Uttar Pradesh BJP MP claims rising Muslim population responsible for terrorism, rapes

Hari Om Pandey also said that the Muslim community will one day demand a new Pakistan.

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· Jul 27, 2018 · 04:02 pm

Dubai-based Indian man loses job for threatening to kill Kerala chief minister

Krishnakumar SN Nair later apologised and said the provocative Facebook Live video was shot when he was in an inebriated condition.

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· Jun 07, 2018 · 05:09 pm

US-based company suspends Indian employee for abusive tweets against Kashmiri women

The Jammu and Kashmir Police filed a case against Ashish Kaul and asked Twitter for his information.

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· May 14, 2018 · 12:23 pm