INDIA’S SOCIAL MEDIA PARADOX FREEDOM OF SPEECH VS. HATE SPEECH AND EXTREMISM
AUTHOR – DAIYAN KHAN* & MS.DR. SHRADHA SANJEEV**
* STUDENT AT AMITY LAW SCHOOL, NOIDA
** ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT AMITY LAW SCHOOL, NOIDA
BEST CITATION – DAIYAN KHAN & MS.DR. SHRADHA SANJEEV, PARLIAMENTARY VS. PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS: ASSESSING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH’S ROLE AND ACCOUNTABILITY, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (8) OF 2025, PG. 1098-1107, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344
Chapter 2 – Hate Speech: Context and Critical Issues
Information technology has undergone a significant transformation in recent years, characterized by the widespread adoption of online social networks and social media platforms. This advancement has revolutionized the way people communicate, providing a rapid, convenient, and cost-effective means of digital interaction. Despite the numerous benefits, the anonymous nature of these interactions often leads to adopting more aggressive and hateful communication styles.
These aggressive and hateful behaviors emerge rapidly and uncontrollably, significantly harming their targets. It is crucial for governments and social network platforms to effectively detect and regulate such behaviors, which occur regularly across multiple online platforms. However, detecting this type of speech is challenging due to its abstract nature. Therefore, In the present work propose to enhance existing solutions for detecting hate speech online, focusing on multiple social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Gab, and Reddit.
The definition of hate speech is complex, even for human understanding. Hate speech refers to using verbal, nonverbal, or written behaviour to target individuals or groups based on attributes like race, religion, ethnic origin, and gender. It encompasses any form of speech that is discriminatory, threatening, intimidating, harassing, or hostile in nature. According to HateBase, an online platform that collects hate speech messages from around the world, hate speech is most directed at individuals based on ethnicity, nationality, and religion.