Centre's silence will lead to alienation of minorities: Farooq Abdullah on Haridwar hate speech
"The prevailing blanket silence of the country’s head and absence of any punitive action has emboldened such hate-mongers", said Abdullah.
Jan 13, 2022, 17:40 PM IST
SC to agrees to hear PIL on alleged hate speeches made at 'Dharam Sansad' in Haridwar
The plea, which specifically referred to the hate speeches delivered between the 17th & 19th of December 2021 at Haridwar and Delhi, has also sought compliance of apex court's guidelines to deal with such speeches.
Jan 10, 2022, 19:51 PM IST
FIR against Wasim Rizvi aka Jitendra Tyagi for alleged hate speech in Haridwar
Uttarakhand Police on Thursday registered a case against Wasim Rizvi aka Jitendra Tyagi and others over his "hate speech" at an event.
Dec 24, 2021, 00:23 AM IST
Congress alleges Facebook used by BJP as weapon to spread hate, seeks probe
The Congress has written to Mark Zuckerberg and asked him to conduct an independent inquiry to probe charges of hate speech and fake news being spread through Facebook and WhatsApp in India.
Nov 12, 2021, 18:06 PM IST
Hate speech has dropped by almost 50% in 9 months, claims Facebook
Facebook said when it began reporting metrics on hate speech, only 23.6 per cent of content it removed was detected proactively by its systems; the majority of what it removed was found by people.
Oct 18, 2021, 10:33 AM IST
Facebook's failure to pay attention to non-English languages allows hate speech to flourish
In interviews, administrators from the top three LGBTQI+ public Facebook pages of specified countries told that Facebook would often reject their reports of hate speech, even when the post clearly breached its Community Standards. In some cases, messages that were originally removed would be re-posted on appeal.
Jul 05, 2021, 13:05 PM IST
Kangana Ranaut maligned image of Mamata Banerjee: Activist lodges FIR against Bollywood actress
An activist and spokesperson Riju Dutta has registered an FIR against the Bollywood actress for allegedly spreading hate propaganda and inciting communal violence in West Bengal. He alleged that Kangana had intended to malign the image of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banarjee.
May 07, 2021, 21:21 PM IST
Suvendu Adhikari, BJP’s Nandigram candidate, gets EC notice for alleged ‘hate speech’
The Election Commission has issued a notice to Suvendu Adhikari, the BJP candidate from Nandigram in West Bengal, for alleged hate speech made by him last month. He has been asked to respond to the notice within 24 hours.
Apr 09, 2021, 12:50 PM IST
Complaint against Kangana Ranaut in Mumbai court for 'spreading hate'
The complaint includes several of Ranaut`s tweets in which she had targeted politicians, Maharashtra Police and personalities from the Bollywood film industry.
Oct 23, 2020, 10:57 AM IST
Kim Kardashian and other celebs freeze Facebook, Instagram accounts to protest hate speech
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Orlando Bloom, Kerry Washington and Sacha Baron Cohen are among those also taking part in the protest.
Sep 16, 2020, 19:16 PM IST
DMK MP RS Bharathi arrested for alleged hate speech, granted interim bail
Rajya Sabha MP and DMK Organising Secretary RS Bharathi was arrested on Saturday morning from his residence on charges of making alleged hate speech against the judges and people from scheduled castes (SC) community on February 14 this year.
May 23, 2020, 12:28 PM IST
BJP issues show-cause notice to Deoria MLA for controversial remarks against Muslims vendors
The BJP has issued a show-cause notice to its UP MLA Suresh Tiwari for allegedly asking people not to buy vegetables from Muslim vendors, remarks that attracted the party a lot of flak.
Apr 28, 2020, 21:09 PM IST
Stop buying vegetables from Muslim vendors, says Deoria BJP MLA, defends remarks
When questioned, the MLA confirmed to have made the remark and clarified that he had said it in context of those who recently attended the religious congregation of Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi.
Apr 28, 2020, 16:17 PM IST
Maharashtra Police registers 196 cases for spreading fake news, rumours and hate speech on social media
In the last 24 hours, 13 cases have been registered, out of that 10 are of hate speech over social media, it said.
Apr 14, 2020, 20:19 PM IST
Delhi HC to hear plea seeking FIR against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi for hate speech
The plea has also sought registration of an FIR against Manish Sisodia, Amanatullah Khan, Waris Pathan and Akbaruddin Owaisi.
Feb 28, 2020, 08:12 AM IST
Delhi violence: High Court grants Centre 4 weeks to file reply on pleas seeking FIR against BJP leaders
Delhi High Court posted the matter for next hearing on 13 April
Feb 27, 2020, 15:15 PM IST
Tamil writer Nellai Kannan arrested for hate speech against PM Modi, Amit Shah
Kannan has been booked under Sections 504, 505(1) and 505(2) of the Indian Penal Code
Jan 02, 2020, 06:48 AM IST
Shun hate speech, UN tells leaders after US shootings
US Democrats accused President Donald Trump of stoking racial divisions after the weekend killing of 32 people in Texas and Ohio, but he responded with a condemnation of "racism, bigotry and white supremacy." UN rights spokesman Rupert Colville welcomed Trump`s remarks, though he also said the high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, backs stricter gun controls.
Aug 06, 2019, 21:32 PM IST
Facebook bans Myanmar army chief and other military-linked pages, admits being 'too slow' to address hate speech
Facebook said on Monday it was removing several Myanmar military officials from the social media website and an Instagram account to prevent the spread of "hate and misinformation" after reviewing the content.
Aug 28, 2018, 13:19 PM IST
58 MPs, MLAs face cases of hate speech; most from BJP: ADR report
While political parties keep accusing each other of indulging in hate mongering, election affidavits of several lawmakers have revealed that at least 58 MPs and MLAs from across party lines have cases related to hate speech against them. As per a report by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW), 15 sitting Lok Sabha MPs have declared cases related to hate speech against themselves. The analysis is based on the affidavits submitted by the candidates and MPs/MLAs prior to the last election they contested.
Apr 26, 2018, 11:43 AM IST
