The signal on “Hinduphobic” code words and memes reached record highs in June, which could trigger a spillover to the real world, especially in light of escalating religious tensions and violence in India, claims the report The authors, who compiled data from across various social media platforms between January 2019 and June 2022, write that over the years, there has been a surge in “derogatory posts” against Hindus on social media platforms such as 4chan, Telegram and Gab, in the form of anti-Hindu memes, hashtags and slogans. New Delhi: There has been a sharp rise in hate speech directed toward the Hindu community across various social media platforms, claims a report uploaded Tuesday by researchers at the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), Rutgers University, New Jersey.Īmong the social media posts analysed by the authors were one million tweets, purportedly from Iranian trolls, disseminating anti-Hindu stereotypes to “fuel division as part of an influence campaign to accuse Hindus of perpetrating a genocide against minorities in India”.

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