Washington D.C.-based think tank, the Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) has published a new report that documents a surge in anti-Indian posts on the social media platform X between December 22, 2024, and January 3, 2025.
The researchers identified the hateful posts as a backlash to the December 22 appointment of Indian-American venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan as the new White House Senior Policy Advisor for AI and Vivek Ramaswamy’s post on X, about American culture and mediocrity on December 26.
The report, titled ‘Anti-Indian Hate on X: How The Platform Amplifies Xenophobia and Racism’ analyzed 128 posts that garnered 138.4 million views. The report found that many of the posts violated X’s policies on hateful conduct, but remained active on the platform.
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