Photo: ReutersTwitter users in India contribute to 55.12 per cent of anti-Muslim content on the microblogging site, a study tapping into Islamophobia online has revealed. Daily frequency of Islamophobic tweets between August 28, 2019, and August 27, 2020. The geography of hateNearly 86 per cent of Islamophobic content between 2019 and 2021 has been found to have originated from three countries, namely India, the US and the UK. The 10 countries with the largest number of geolocated Islamophobic tweets. Worryingly, TRT World reported, this appeal has fallen largely on deaf ears, particularly within the executive boardrooms of social media companies, which have done little or nothing to remove anti-Muslim content from their platforms.

Source: The Express Tribune September 22, 2022 03:21 UTC