Diwali or Deepawali, a festival of light and solidarity, is being used by some mischievous elements to spread hatred and separatism among religious sects in India with the help of different social media platforms. As we all know, this year Diwali is on 4th November, 2021. Exactly 5 days before the upcoming of Diwali i.e., […]
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October 24,2021 marks the first game of the T20 World Cup 2021 tournament between Pakistan & Indian Cricket Team. For both countries the match was monumental as the history of India-Pakistan rivalry continues to persist even in sports. India lost the match, handing Pakistan its first win against the arch rival at any World Cup. […]
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The Attack Vandalism Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of Hindus in Bangladesh came to end amid tension and violence across the country. Hindu temples have been vandalized after the allegation of blasphemy in a local temple in Cumilla on Wednesday, 13th Oct. The Bangladesh Police have identified and captured the man responsible for inciting […]
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On October 22,2021, Shefali Vaidya, a popular figure on conservative social media posted a screenshot of an article in response to Shiv Sena politician Priyanka Chaturvedi’s tweet. Chaturvedi had commented on the recent backlash on brand FabIndia’s controversy over their Diwali ad campaign. Users took to social media to express their anger of the words […]
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As in our previous report we mentioned how the social media giant Facebook ‘promotes global division and ethnic violence’ in India and lacking tools to identify and stop hate speech from its platform as told by the Facebook ex-employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen. In this report, we are digging deeper into the subject, mentioning few […]
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On October 17,2021, Suresh Chavhanke, Editor-in-Chief of Sudarshan News, posted a video of what looks like a classroom in which a teacher is brutally beating up a student, grabbing him by his hair. The video is disturbing and looks to be filmed secretly by other students. The video was posted by Suresh Chavhanke and the […]
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M. Nageswara Rao is an IPS officer who served as the interim-Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a brief period in 2019. Rao is now retired but continues to be very active on Twitter where he is known to post polarizing views about a variety of topics. He also regularly writes for Op […]
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On October 10,2021, a video of a man in a bus started to go viral on social media. In the video it can be seen that a woman is slapping a man who was allegedly repeatedly touching her. The man can be seen apologising. The video is being posted along with a caption saying,”इन पक्के […]
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Frances Haugen, a former Facebook data scientist revealed her identity as the whistleblower and told the US Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the social media giant Facebook ‘promotes global division and ethnic violence’, including in India. Haugen was earlier a part of “civic integrity tram” which used to monitor election interference […]
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On October 11,2021, a hashtag named #शाहरुख_खान_गद्दार_है started to trend on twitter with over 34,000 tweets. Within this hashtag, users have made grave accusations against Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, whose son Aryan is currently in the middle of a highly publicised narcotics investigation. Users felt it necessary to drag Khan into the situation with […]
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