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The report outlines how these dynamics are deepening vulnerabilities for Christian and Muslim minority communities across the country.

#NEW: Our latest report maps the rise of Hindu nationalist groups in Sri Lanka and documents the emerging patterns of hate, grassroots mobilization, and the growing alignment with cross-border Hindu nationalist networks. Full report here:

Executive director of the Center for the Study of Organized Hate (@csohate), @raqib_naik joined us at the College Freedom Forum at Rowan University to speak about his struggle against hate speech, misinformation, and conspiracy theories. Discover more about combating

Between Nov 26 and Dec 3, CSOH recorded 8,785 posts across X, Facebook, and Instagram containing explicit anti-Afghan hate and threats. This surge was immediate and deeply concerning.

🚨 Online anti-Afghan hate surged dramatically after the D.C. shooting. New analysis from the AAF and the @csohate shows a rapid escalation across major platforms. Full statement: https://t.co/E421iNEwDw 🧵1/6

Our Executive Director @raqib_naik spoke with Sky News about the growing disinformation campaigns and use of deepfakes targeting political opposition in the subcontinent, and how they are inflaming tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors.

Age-progression filters and viral image-based trends are contributing to biometric datasets critical to fuel AI-enabled militarised surveillance and targeting systems, writes @hijakamran in this latest analysis piece for CSOH. READ:

Important new column in New York Magazine on the growing wave of Islamophobia in the US, which cites our recent report and includes insights from our executive director, Raqib Naik. Author @errollouis underscores a crucial reminder: People of goodwill must always be ready to

On November 19 in Luxembourg, CSOH Director of Research and Outreach Eviane Leidig delivered a keynote at Dialogue Day organized by https://t.co/UHzJuVVHi3, the Centre Against Radicalization. The talk focused on tradwives, manfluencers, and the ways gendered online subcultures

In the US and Canada, we are seeing an ethnic distanciation within South Asian communities at a moment when solidarity is most needed. Long-settled and multi-generation South Asians often blame newly arriving immigrants, with Indians, Pakistanis, and Bangladeshis also blaming

This shift demonstrates how coded anti-Muslim hate moves from subcultures into national politics, normalizing harmful rhetoric and raising real-world risks for vulnerable groups.

A fringe “cauliflower” meme used as a coded call for anti-Muslim violence and once limited to online extremist spaces is now showing up in India’s political mainstream. https://t.co/iCaFjsS2Jf

Last week in Brussels, CSOH’s Director of Research and Outreach, Eviane Leidig, spoke at the @EUPreventionHub’s Policy-Practice Joint Event on conspiracy narratives. She discussed the evolution of the Great Replacement theory through a gender lens and the growing mainstreaming

Anti South Asian slurs associated with targeted violence are on rise across online spaces. Hear Stephanie Chan, Director of Data & Research at @StopAAPIHate, explain these trends in detail. Watch the full remarks: https://t.co/OECZFkOF71

Tomorrow, our executive director Raqib Naik will speak alongside @ashahshahani of @ProjectSouth at @Kennedy_School’s Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy event on the expanding use of “counterterrorism” frameworks and how they enable political suppression of marginalized

In South Asia, AI tools are accelerating political manipulation, deepening misinformation ecosystems, and fueling new forms of synthetic propaganda. Our new analysis breaks down how AI is transforming political communication and what this means for democracy and vulnerable

CNN features CSOH’s new research on online anti-Indian racism and xenophobia, and the ways far-right narratives are taking hold across the US, shaping both digital discourse and the lived experiences of South Asian communities. This reporting helps illuminate the very trends

Earlier this month, CSOH joined 1,000+ civil society leaders from across the world in Bangkok for International Civil Society Week (ICSW), hosted by @CIVICUSalliance and the Asia Democracy Network. The convening underscored our shared commitment to defending democracy,

Highlights from the “Big Tech, Democracy, and Human Rights in South Asia” conference held this Wednesday at the University of California, Berkeley. CSOH, together with Center for Race and Gender, Institute for South Asian Studies, @csastanford, brought together journalists,