Page 5 - Hate Speech

'Sulli Deals' form of hate speech in India, must be condemned: UN official

Harassment of Muslim women in India through social media apps such as "Sulli Deals" must be condemned and prosecuted as soon as they occur, a UN Special Rapporteur has said. UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Dr Fernand de Varennes took to Twitter to raise concern on the issue of minorities in India, saying Muslim women in India are harassed and sold in social media apps. "#Minority Muslim women in #India are harassed & 'sold' in #socialmedia apps, #SulliDeals, a form of #HateSpeech, must be condemned and prosecuted as soon as they occur. All #HumanRights of minorities need to be fully & equally protected, Varennes said in a tweet on Tuesday. The Delhi Police last week arrested Aumkareshwar Thakur, 26, who is believed to be the creator of "Sulli Deals" app from Madhya Pradesh's Indore, the first arrest made in the case. Hundreds of Muslim women were listed for auction on the mobile application with photographs sourced without permission and doctored. The accused, a ...

SC to hear PIL for probe into Haridwar Dharam Sansad hate speeches today

The Supreme Court will, on Wednesday, hear a PIL seeking probe against the hate speeches targeting Muslim community delivered between December 17-19, last year, at the Haridwar Dharam Sansad and Delhi

Students, faculty of IIMs ask PM Modi to take stand against hate speeches

The letter requested the PM to stand firm and lead the country away from those seeking to divide the nation

'Bulli Bai' app 'mastermind' suspended by his college in Madhya Pradesh

The alleged mastermind behind the creation of 'Bulli Bai' app, Niraj Bishnoi, has been suspended by the Madhya Pradesh-based engineering college, where he was a B Tech student

Hate speech case: Kalicharan Maharaj sent in judicial custody

He was produced in the court after his one-day police custody got over

Incitement to violence: When will Supreme Court take note?

In the Tehseen Poonawala judgement, the Court had asked that a Nodal Officer be appointed in each district to monitor and identify, with police help, tendencies for vigilantism, mob-violence.

2 more booked in Haridwar Dharam Sansad hate speech case

Haridwar Superintendent of Police (SP) City Shekhar Suyal on Saturday said that two more persons have been named in the FIR in connection with the alleged hate speech in the Dharma Sansad in Haridwar.The police have named Dharm Das and Annapurna, a woman in the hate speech case.Earlier on Wednesday, police said it had booked Wasim Rizvi aka Jitendra Tyagi, and others under Section 153A Indian Penal Code in the case.Meanwhile, Anand Swaroop, an attendee of Dharma Sansad told the mediapersons, "We stand by our statements that are well thought out. If a person rapes our sister, won't we kill him? Speakers talked about killing such persons, not ordinary Muslims who are our friends. No one can stop India from becoming Hindu Rashtra".

Take strict action against those inciting hatred: Priyanka on Haridwar row

The incident was reported to have taken place in Haridwar during an event held from December 17 to 20

Hate speech incidents will not be tolerated, warns Uttarakhand DGP

Uttarakhand Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar on Friday said that incidents of 'hate speech' will not be tolerated in the state

'What are you willing to sacrifice for Truth?'

Excerpts of Nobel Lecture given by Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2021 Maria Ressa

Delhi riots: Facebook asked to submit records on users' reports

A Delhi Assembly committee asked Facebook India to furnish records of users' reports (complaints) on the content posted on the platform one month prior and two months after the Delhi riots

Meta's counter to hate speech: Ten fact checkers in 11 languages

Meta also has people reviewing potentially problematic content in 20 Indian languages

Govt seeks Facebook algorithm details amid hate speech allegations: Report

The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeITY) is learnt to have sought a clarification from the platform following recent revelations by whistleblower Frances Haugen

Will 'Facebook papers' be final nudge for social media regulations?

The Facebook papers show Facebook should have done a lot more to curb the spread of hate and violence around the world. Will it be the final nudge for bringing in regulations for social media?

Facebook admits site hardwired for misinformation, show documents

An internal memo warned Facebook's "core product mechanics", or its basic workings, had let hate speech and misinformation grow on the platform

Whistleblower Frances Haugen says Facebook making online hate worse

Haugen appeared before a parliamentary committee scrutinizing the British govt's draft legislation to crack down on harmful online content, and her comments could help lawmakers beef up the rules

Hate speech case: Delhi HC grants bail to organiser of Jantar Mantar event

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to Preet Singh, one of organisers of an event at Jantar Mantar where communal slogans were allegedly raised last month. The petition is allowed. The petitioner has been granted bail, said Justice Mukta Gupta. Singh, who was remanded to judicial custody on August 10 after his arrest, is accused of creating enmity between different groups and inciting the youth to propagate against a particular religion at a rally at Jantar Mantar here on August 8. In his plea filed through advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, Singh claimed that he was not involved in giving any inflammatory speech or raising any slogan against any person or community. He asserted that the demand of establishing a Hindu nation did not attract Section 153A (hate speech) of the IPC and that he was not even present at the site at the time of sloganeering. The Delhi Police had opposed Singh's plea for his release on bail. On August 27, Additional Sessions Judge Anil Antil had refuse

'We are not Taliban State'; Court junks bail application in hate speech

A Delhi court has dismissed the anticipatory bail application of a Hindu organisation's president who allegedly raised communal slogans, saying we are not a Taliban State.

Jantar Mantar sloganeering: Judicial custody for Ashwini Upadhayay, others

A Delhi Court sent Advocate Ashwini Upadhayay to two days of judicial custody in connection with inflammatory sloganeering near Jantar Mantar recently

Facebook decides to update its policies on handling satirical content

Facebook said that it will add information to the Community Standards