Tag: hate

In the unforgiving age of social media, where sports fans have a direct line of communication to the athletes they love or love to hate, things often get taken too far.That was the case earlier in the NBA playoffs for Los Angeles Clippers star Paul George, who became a ...

New reports from a non-profit education watchdog reveal Qatar’s government curriculum promotes intolerance of religious minorities, while the UAE educational system champions acceptance of the other.The Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se) recently reviewed 238 Qatari textbooks from the last four academic years.It also ...

Former Indian Police Service officer Julio Ribeiro on Saturday wrote to Delhi Commissioner of Police SN Shrivastava, questioning the investigation into the Delhi violence, The Indian Express reported. Ribeiro said that the Delhi Police was taking action against “peaceful protesters” while ignoring senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders who made ...

A court in Delhi on Friday granted bail to United Against Hate founder Khalid Saifi, who was arrested from an anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest site in February, reported The Quint. Saifi is a businessman and a local activist who runs the non-profit platform.Karkardooma court’s Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat ...

File photo of PM Narendra Modi. Accused Hasan Ahmed has one case of similar nature for targeting Hindu leaders registered against him in Lucknow and three in Varanasi, police said. PTI Baghpat Last Updated: September 5, 2020, 7:40 PM IST FOLLOW US ON: A ...

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 85%. (I'm a bot)By Gary J. Bass As Americans grapple with problems of racism and power, a newly declassified trove of White House tapes provides startling evidence of the bigotry voiced by President Richard M. Nixon and Henry ...

Facebook has an India problem, and given that the country holds the platform’s largest user base, solving it can’t wait. Last month the Journal reported that Ankhi Das, a senior company official in charge of government relations in India, had intervened to prevent the platform from banning a ruling ...

New Delhi:Amid a raging controversy over Facebook’s alleged political bias and interference in India’s democratic process, the social media giant has told the Congress that it is non-partisan, denounces hate and bigotry in all forms and strives to ensure that its platforms remain a space where people can express ...

New Delhi: Under pressure for weeks over its handling of hate speech, Facebook on Thursday said it has banned BJP politician T Raja Singh from its platform and Instagram for violating its policy on content promoting violence and hate. “We have banned Raja Singh from Facebook for violating our policy ...

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on Thursday summoned Facebook representatives for a discussion on September 2 about allegations that the social media giant had chosen to ignore hate speech made by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on its platform, PTI reported. The committee’s chairperson Shashi Tharoor had on ...