Young organizers say combating Islamophobia and misinformation online requires having tough conversations with relatives, attending in-person protests, and spreading awareness of these problems on their own social media.
“We’ve invested significantly in technology to find hate speech in various languages, including Hindi and Bengali," a Meta spokesperson tells. "As a result, we’ve reduced the amount of hate speech that people see by more than half this year. Today, it’s now down to 0.03%. Hate speech against marginalized groups, including Muslims, is on the rise in India and globally. So we are improving enforcement and are committed to updating our policies as hate speech evolves online.
During the pandemic, Heer says, CDYR members have seen relatives and family friends in India spread false information about vaccines, conspiracy theories about COVID-19's origin, and home remedies to take in lieu of getting vaccinated. She says the most troubling part of misinformation, whether about the virus or marginalized groups, is the difficulty of tracing a post’s origin, particularly on WhatsApp.
“It feels like more official business happens [via] text message, but WhatsApp is for everything else,” says Heer. “It feels like a more approachable and accessible way to keep in touch with people.” Says Hana, “Being Indian females in this community, it’s really important for us to take part in these protests, and always reposting about this [hate on social media].”
“My dad doesn’t use Facebook but my mom definitely does, and sometimes she comes to me with these weird, bizarre headlines about different people, whether it’s Hijras being pedophiles or things like that, or the latest COVID-related [news],” they say. “It’s obviously fake, right? It’s made up, but I have to explain to her, 'Don't believe everything you see on Facebook.’”
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