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

Delhi elections: Plea for FIR against BJP’s Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma for hate speech rejected

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja dismissed the plea noting that the prior sanction of the central government had not been taken.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 27, 2020 · 09:21 am

BJP MLA at centre of Facebook row claims his official account was hacked, blocked in 2018

T Raja Singh said he only has an official YouTube and an official Twitter account, through which he has never made incendiary remarks.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 18, 2020 · 07:48 pm

Nagpur: Orthopaedic surgeon arrested for calling for genocide of Muslims, later released on bail

The Nagpur Police booked Sonar for hurting religious sentiments.

Scroll Staff

· May 12, 2020 · 10:29 pm

Three more Indians face action in the UAE for alleged anti-Muslim hate speech

The three Indians facing action in the UAE have been identified as chef Rohit Rawat, storekeeper Sachin Kinnigoli and a cashier whose name has been withheld.

Scroll Staff

· May 03, 2020 · 10:48 am

Twitter suspends account of Kangana Ranaut’s manager Rangoli Chandel after hate speech post

In response, Chandel said that Twitter was ‘absolutely biased and anti-India’.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 16, 2020 · 05:09 pm