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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Hate speech, now ‘fear speech’ -- study finds new way Indians on WhatsApp ‘target minorities’ -Regina Mihindukulasuriya

Hate speech, now ‘fear speech’ -- study finds new way Indians on WhatsApp ‘target minorities’ -Regina Mihindukulasuriya

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published Published on Feb 20, 2021   modified Modified on Feb 21, 2021

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Study by IIT-Kharagpur and MIT Institute of Data, Systems and Society, US, assessed over 5,000 public, political WhatsApp groups, found emojis are a common feature in such posts.

New Delhi: It’s not as toxic in language, doesn’t employ derogatory keywords, and might be the new tool of choice for social media users as they look to buck hate speech laws. Introducing “fear speech”, a subtle form of hate speech that often relies on emojis and is apparently catching on in India.

A study by researchers from IIT-Kharagpur and MIT Institute of Data, Systems and Society, US, suggests Indian WhatsApp users are using fear speech to incite readers against targeted sections.

The study, for which the researchers pored over more than 5,000 political, public WhatsApp groups, was published on the pre-print portal arXiv.org earlier this month. It is titled, “Short is the Road that Leads from Fear to Hate: Fear Speech in Indian WhatsApp Groups”.

The researchers sought to “particularly focus on understanding the dynamics of fear speech against Muslims in the public WhatsApp groups”, and found in an accompanying survey that users who post fear speech are “significantly” more likely to support the BJP.

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