Anti-DEI Trump may fuel rise in hate speech here

Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar
Mar 15, 2025 | 19:22 IST

Trump’s directives have emboldened social media platforms to bin fact-checkers and rely on crowdsourcing. This could amplify hate



Rising hate speech in India is going to be amplified multifold by the abandonment of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) norms in the US decreed by President Trump. Earlier, under Joe Biden’s tenure, social media platforms were under pressure to check hate speech. Fact checking had become integral to their operations.
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