Hindu right-wing handles have once again intensified their hate, now openly calling for rape and sexual violence against Kashmiri Muslim women, amid a surge of Islamophobic attacks and violence against Muslims, especially Kashmiris, across India following an attack by militants on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on Tuesday, killing 26 people.
Colin M. Fisher, UCL
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The Union government asked social media intermediaries to block at least 36,838 uniform resource locators, or URLs, between 2018 and October 2023 under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, the Electronics and Information Technology Ministry told Parliament on Friday.