This Website Tracked #HateCrimes in #India. Then the Government Took It Offline
With weeks to go until the start of national #elections, India’s right-wing government has forced X and ISPs to block #Hindutva Watch.
#rightwing #HindutvaWatch
https://www.wired.com/story/india-elections-right-wing-website-ban/
Takedown Of Hate Tracker Highlights Secrecy Around Modi Govt’s Internet Censorship Practices
Legal experts said the current laws and rules lack transparency and appeals are ineffective, giving the government almost unchecked control over online content. The rise in censorship orders since 2014 and the increasing compliance of platforms like X add to concerns about freedom of expression.
#HindutvaWatch #censorship #HateSpeech #hindutva #FreeSpeech #MEITY #SocialMedia #x #twitter #BJP #UnionGovt #india
The government of India has blocked the website and X account of Hindutva Watch, which documents hate crimes and hate speech against India’s religious minorities, latest evidence of secrecy surrounding India’s internet censorship framework. Legal experts said the current laws and rules lack transparency and appeals are ineffective, giving the government almost unchecked control over online content. The rise in censorship orders since 2014 and the increasing compliance of platforms like X add to concerns about freedom of expression.
The man fighting against online hate speech in India
With general elections around the corner, Raqib Hameed Naik’s digital hate speech database Hindutva Watch has its work cut out.
#RaqibHameedNaik #HindutvaWatch #HateSpeech #islamophobia #CommunalViolence #hindutva #HinduMobs #india
https://restofworld.org/2023/3-minutes-with-raqib-hameed-naik-hindutva-watch/
Hindutva Watch 2023 Half-Yearly Report: Anti-Muslim Hate Speech Events in India
This report aims to document all verified instances of hate speech events organized by Hindu far-right groups against India’s Muslim minorities in the first half of 2023.
https://hindutvawatch.org/hate-speech-events-india/
#HindutvaWatch #hindutva #HateSpeech #islamophobia #misinformation #propaganda #ConspiracyTheories #muslims #BJP #VHP #BajrangDal #RSS #SakalHinduSamaj #BJPStates #india
Modi’s Party Linked With Most Hate Speech in India, Report Finds
Some 80% of the 255 documented incidents of “hate speech gatherings targeting Muslims” occurred in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states and union territories, according to a report from Hindutva Watch.
#HateSpeech #BJP #NarendraModi #HindutvaWatch #hindutva #BJPStates #muslims #minorities #misinformation #india
India’s Hindu-Muslim hate crimes are being tracked, by self-exiles Modi supporters wants silenced
From their bases in North America and Europe, Hindutva Watch’s members say they want to remedy India’s ‘clear vacuum’ of reporting on hate crimes. The multicultural group of social-media sleuths are now being targeted by Modi’s Hindu-nationalist BJP – as they warn India faces its ‘darkest days’.
#HindutvaWatch #BJP #CommunalViolence #CowLynchings #CowVigilantism #HateSpeech #lynching #SocialMedia #twitter #x #misinformation #islamophobia #journalism #activism #hindutva #HinduNationalism #india
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