@epanchjanya: RSS’ toxic Twitter handle

@epanchjanya is the official Twitter handle of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s mouthpiece Panchjanya. It enjoys a dedicated and huge following of 331.6K Twitter, including several top shots of politics and media. As expected, @epanchjanya’s activities are targeting Muslims, Christians, Congress politicians, especially Gandhi family, Pakistan and Bangladeshis living in India. Despite being minute wise representative of RSS’ […]

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Hate Twitter handles: A brief survey of 3 Right Wing accounts

An avalanche of misinformation, half-truths, one-arrayed viewpoints, news items targeting a religious community, political party, media outlet, academic institutions, etc. unleashes on Twitter every day. This is despite the Central government issuing notice to the social media giant on “curbing hateful handles” and the Supreme Court hearing the case on “hatred on social media”. According […]

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