Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH)

Online hate knows no borders. Watch Sid Venkataramakrishnan, an analyst and editorial manager at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) explain how Facebook accounts operated from South Asia especially Pakistan and Bangladesh have amassed hundreds of thousands of followers while amplifying anti-Muslim and anti-migrant narratives targeting audiences in the UK and beyond. Full remarks: youtu.be/E1zlfkqJx80?is…

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Why does hateful content keep thriving online? What to Fix Executive Director @riovictoire explains how tying revenue to engagement turns outrage into a profitable business model, allowing actors to scale harmful content across markets even faster with generative AI. The problem is not simply AI. It is the incentives platforms have created and their failure to consistently enforce their own policies.

Online hate has become a business model. Watch investigative journalist Meriem Mahdhi explain how South Asia-based online networks have pushed racist, Islamophobic, and anti-migrant content targeting UK and European audiences, monetized Facebook pages through Meta's ad program, and even taught others how to replicate the model. Full remarks: youtu.be/E1zlfkqJx80?is…

The myth of “Islamification” is being manufactured, amplified, and normalized by elected officials. Our recent report, Manufacturing the Muslim Threat, is cited in The Economist’s latest reporting on the growing anti-Muslim campaign in Texas and across the United States. csohate.org/2026/04/21/man…

Generative AI tools are transforming the scale of online harassment against Muslim women, making it easier, faster, and cheaper to produce fake sexualized images, deepfake videos, and other forms of abusive content and propaganda. Watch this latest Al Jazeera report featuring our 2025 research and insights from our Director of Research, Eviane Leidig, on how AI is amplifying gendered Islamophobia and digital abuse. #AI #GenAI

Tommy Robinson's recent tour of the United States illustrates how the contemporary international far right increasingly operates through transnational networks centred on narratives of free speech, civilisational decline, immigration and institutional distrust, writes @Willallchorn Read more: csohate.org/2026/07/01/tom…

#Hiring: We’re hiring a full-time Fact-Checker to join our US team and help lead a new rapid-response initiative countering misinformation, conspiracy theories, and other harmful narratives targeting vulnerable communities across social media. The Fact-Checker will lead the initiative’s day-to-day work, including monitoring emerging false narratives, producing evidence-based debunks, maintaining our narrative database, and engaging with journalists and community partners. Learn more and apply: csohate.org/career/fact-ch… #hiring #factcheck #us

Across Southeast Asia, Rohingya refugees remain the targets of dangerous hate campaigns in digital spaces. CSOH Southeast Asia Researcher @gustikajusuf explains how such campaigns operate and target Rohingya refugees and other vulnerable communities across the region. Watch her full remarks: youtu.be/JGHDGCvMZrw?is… #rohingya #southeastasia #indonesia #malaysia

How can we address the growing threat of hate speech and polarization? Ye Na Yoo, Political Affairs Officer at the UN Office on Genocide Prevention explains effective approaches to preventing harm and strengthening community resilience. Watch her full remarks: youtu.be/JGHDGCvMZrw?is… #UN #hatespeech

Our hate music report is out. The evidence is clear. Meta has seen it all. 5.9 million Instagram reels created using hate music, filled with dehumanization, calls for violence including threats of setting members of religious minority communities on fire in India. Meta knows. And Meta has done nothing. Full report; csohate.org/2026/06/15/pro… @Meta @instagram @InstagramComms @facebook #meta #instagram #facebook

Anti-Muslim bigotry and violence remain a pressing challenge in Canada, with devastating consequences for Muslim communities. “Canada has seen the highest number of kiIIings of Muslims within a five-year period of any G7 country,” said Amira Elghawaby, Canada’s former Special Representative on Combating Islamophobia at our recent event on building effective responses to hate speech and polarisation. Watch her full remarks: youtu.be/JGHDGCvMZrw?is… #canada

.@csohate & @kunalpurohit reported 225 songs promoting violence & hatred to major platforms. 6 months later, only 18 had been removed. Meanwhile, YouTube ads, Meta creator programmes & streaming royalties continue to reward many of the creators spreading anti-Muslim hatred. Big Tech has the policies to stop this. It chose not to. Link Below 👇

When @kunalpurohit first heard of #Hindutva pop, it was in rural #Jharkhand 7 yrs ago. Today, it is the soundtrack of festivals, political events, cricket stadiums & all things #New India. With @csohate, he revealed over a yr how Big Tech hosts, amplifies & funds such hatred Subscribe to read his edit note: article-14.com/subscribe

Nearly 200 million views. Hundreds of reported songs. South Central discusses the rise of "Hindutva Pop" and what researchers found after reporting hundreds of songs. Watch: youtu.be/Ek0Zy43KK8k?si…

Next Tuesday (June 23), we are hosting an important conversation on how content farms in South Asia monetize Islamophobia and anti-migrant hate for export to the UK, Europe, and North America, the role and responsibility of social media platforms, and pathways to accountability. Register here: csohate.org/event/south-as… @riovictoire @SVR13 @ISDglobal @evianeleidig #SouthAsia #Europe #UK #US #Disinformation

In India, music engineered to dehumanize religious minorities reaches hundreds of millions of listeners, delivered by big tech companies across popular social media platforms. @Zebaism reports. to.pbs.org/3QJqaKP

#NewReport: Profiting from Hate Music report is the first comprehensive mapping of India's hate music industry and the role @YouTube, @Spotify, @Meta, and @AppleMusic play in sustaining and funding it. We documented 523 Hindutva pop (H-Pop) hate songs that dehumanize Muslims and Christians and, in many cases, glorify or incite violence against these communities. The songs were found across major digital platforms and music streaming services despite violating their own policies on hateful and harmful content. Key findings: -5.9M+ Instagram reels created using hate songs -198M+ views on YouTube -1 in 2 songs explicitly threaten violence -Ads from 103 brands, including @OpenAI, @Google, @amazon @PrimeVideo, @Adobe, Dell and @LEVIS, ran on hate song videos on YouTube -Platforms removed just 8% of reported hate songs, despite clear violations of their own policies. These hate songs have already contributed to deadly communal violence and real-world attacks against minorities across India. Read the full report: csohate.org/2026/06/15/pro… #hpop #hindutva #India #music #song

#UpcomingEvent: Next Thursday, on the International Day for Countering Hate Speech, we are hosting an online panel discussion on how to combat the growing threat of hate speech and polarization to our democracies and communities. Our panelists bring expertise from across government, international institutions, civil society, and academia. Register here: csohate.org/event/response… #HateSpeech #Polarization

CSOH Director of Research Dr. Eviane Leidig spoke with @dwnews on the anti-immigrant violence unfolding following a brutal stabbing attack in Belfast. Dr. Leidig spoke about the forces and factors driving the rise in xenophobia and racism in the UK, and how these sentiments have been weaponized by various actors and movements on both sides of the Atlantic.