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    Why the India-Pakistan ceasefire is giving Modi supporters heartburn

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    Operation Sindoor: Both Hindutva backers and leftists are wrong in claiming India-Israel parallels

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    In wake of ceasefire, damaged homes in a Jammu neighbourhood bear witness to human cost of conflict

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    The community that became home: Nine years of Broke Bibliophiles – Bombay Chapter book club

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    What does Trump’s ceasefire announcement mean for Modi's strongman image?

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    The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes: A readers’ guide to the seven winning books

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    Interview: ‘Embarrassing for Modi to compromise under Trump pressure’

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    From the fall of Islamabad to an attack on Karachi: 5 fake stories that Indian TV news ran with

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    A new book examines the repercussions of shutting the Indian Railways network during Covid-19

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    Will new recycling mandate reduce construction waste in India?

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‘Lead by example’: TMC MP Derek O’Brien to Modi, Shah on countering hate speech on social media

‘Stop following all those (Twitter) handles which are spreading bigotry and hate.’

Scroll Staff
Mar 15, 2020 · 12:54 pm
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Mr Home Minister,

You said all social media accounts spreading hate speech will be stopped. But here is one of the many Qs you did not answer in #Parliament

QUESTION #1

Will PM and you lead by example and stop following accounts that spread bigotry & hate?

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— Citizen Derek | নাগরিক ডেরেক (@derekobrienmp) March 15, 2020
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