Breaking News: Dharmendra, a Bollywood actor of easygoing machismo who became one of India’s most versatile stars, died in Mumbai at 89. Read more about his life and legacy: https://t.co/SfMr3MGpKC

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

Here is the video archive documenting over 5,000 incidents of hate crimes, violence, and hate speeches from the past five years: For daily updates follow @HindutvaWatchIn https://t.co/pJHeBcFOZl

Years of relentless Hindu right propaganda claiming Hindutva Watch is “run from Pakistan” falls flat. With nothing left to argue, the US arm of militant VHP now calls evidence of its own leaders committing violence & inciting mobs “anti-Hindu.” Shameless, despicable bigots!

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

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

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

Wednesday! Join us for this discussion on counterterrorism and the targeting of political opponents. With @raqib_naik of @csohate Hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School. More info here: https://t.co/u3o9aFfPtc

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

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

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,

Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race

🚨 Sharp surge in anti-Muslim hate after New York City Election Day Our latest data shows a disturbing escalation of online hate targeting Zohran Mamdani and Muslim New Yorkers on X (formerly Twitter). Between November 1 and 5, we recorded 7,449 Islamophobic and xenophobic

What we witnessed around the New York City Mayoral elections reflects a broader and growing pattern of dehumanising rhetoric against Muslims that has taken deep root in American public life. In a climate of deepening polarization and rising political violence, such rhetoric

NEW: Our latest report examines online Islamophobic and xenophobic discourse on X surrounding the New York City mayoral election between June 24-Oct 31. Across this period, Islamophobic & Xenophobic posts on X generated an estimated reach of 1.5 billion. https://t.co/ivIdoSMW67

I am disturbed by reports that more human rights defenders in #Balochistan, including Sabiha Baloch, Shalee Baloch & Sammi Deen, have been added to an anti-terror watchlist which imposes multiple restrictions on their right to defend human rights. Colleagues in @UN_SPExperts & I

If you work in trust and safety, online policy, research, journalism, human rights, law, academia, or civil society, or if you’re interested in these critical conversations, we invite you to join us. Learn more and register: https://t.co/qOo5tFb2Qk

We’re pleased to announce our inaugural conference, “Big Tech, Democracy, and Human Rights in South Asia,” taking place at the Institute for South Asia Studies, University of California, Berkeley, on November 12. This half-day program is co-organized with UC Berkeley’s Center

PAKISTAN: The abduction of student activist Ghani Aman Chandio on 28 October from Memona Hospital in Karachi, allegedly by state forces, is deeply troubling. The abduction of a father visiting his hospitalized infant daughter is not only cruel and inhumane, but also a blatant

Happening tomorrow! There’s still time to register and be part of the discussion: