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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH)

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CSOH is a Washington, DC based nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank, advancing research and informing policies to combat organized hate, extremism, radicalization, and online harms. Website: www.csohate.org

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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our research has documented similar types of AI-enabled hatred being directed at prominent female Muslim politicians in the US such as Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“This is just part of an ongoing trend of how we see Muslim communities, and particularly Muslim women, being targeted and abused,” CSOH director of research Eviane Leidig told The Guardian.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Guardian tested AI chatbots after French far-right politician Julien Odoul altered a photo of a Muslim woman to remove her hijab. Its testing found that several AI tools complied with similar prompts to remove hijabs from images of Muslim women.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Six major, interrelated factors that explain the explosion of anti-South Asian hate in the US. Read all the major findings from our report: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On X alone, the monthly volume of anti-South Asian hate increased by 240% from January 2024 to June 2026. The highest levels were concentrated in recent months, indicating that anti-South Asian hate is intensifying at an alarming rate.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our latest report examines the scale, nature, and tactics of online hate targeting South Asian Americans, including people of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and other South Asian backgrounds, across X (formerly Twitter), 4chan, 8chan, and Gab.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#NewReport: Anti-South Asian hate in the United States has intensified sharply since late 2024, with racist, dehumanizing, and xenophobic slurs and narratives targeting South Asians proliferating across social media platforms. Read and download: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...
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The Rising Tide of Anti-South Asian Hate in the United States
This report examines the scale, nature, and tactics of online hate targeting South Asians across X, 4chan, 8chan, and Gab.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Last week, Niala Mohammad, CSOH’s Program Lead on Islamophobia, spoke at the 25 Years of War on Terror conference in DC, organized by the Muslim Counterpublics Lab. Niala spoke on a panel examining adoption & impact of counterterrorism frameworks across Muslim-majority countries. #waronterror
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It also finds significant gaps in the response to online hate. The Czech Telecommunications Office (Český telekomunikační úřad), the country’s Digital Services Coordinator, still lacks the statutory powers needed to carry out core functions under the EU’s Digital Services Act.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The report documents dehumanizing rhetoric, narratives of criminality and societal collapse, the “Great Replacement,” “Islamization,” and calls for exclusion.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#NewReport: CSOH and Research in Societal Extremism (RISE) at Charles University map the landscape of Czech-language online hate and examine how hateful narratives targeting different minority communities intersect and reinforce one another. Full report: www.csohate.org/2026/09/18/o...
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Online Hate in Czech
This report maps the landscape of Czech-language online hate and examines how hateful narratives targeting different minority communities intersect and reinforce one another.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Mina Sharif, an Afghan Canadian author, explains how Afghans in Canada are navigating their lives amid a surge in anti-migrant and anti-refugee rhetoric. Full remarks: youtu.be/vBUNOb0uZZw?... #afghan #Afghanistan #canada
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
And how these narratives increasingly frame Muslims running for public office as evidence of “infiltration” and “Islamification” of America. More here: www.npr.org/2026/09/10/n...
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Anti-Muslim rhetoric is finding a growing foothold in GOP messaging ahead of November
A strain of anti-Muslim bigotry has become increasingly common in GOP politics, manifesting everywhere from a "Sharia-free America" caucus in Congress to rhetoric on the campaign trail.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Our executive director Raqib Naik spoke with NPR about the mainstreaming of dangerous narratives that portray Muslims as a demographic, political and civilizational threat, all rooted in Great Replacement conspiracy theory.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Now, the Mothers Movement is opening a new chapter by repackaging older nationalist anxieties through motherhood, family values, and global “anti-woke” politics. Read more: www.csohate.org/2026/09/09/m...
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Mothers Movement is Turning a New Chapter in Sri Lanka’s Far-Right
Mothers Movement signals a new phase in Sri Lanka’s far-right, blending older nationalist anxieties with global “anti-woke” politics and a focus on family values.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sri Lanka’s far-right landscape is changing. For years, its politics were largely shaped by militant Sinhala Buddhist nationalism, mobilizing anxieties around minorities, demographic change, and threats to national culture.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi, author and Head of the Afghanistan Desk at Deutsche Welle (DW), explains how Afghans in Germany are scapegoated through harmful narratives and how those narratives translate into deportation policies embraced by both mainstream and far-right parties. youtu.be/vBUNOb0uZZw?...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Far-right political actors, extremist groups, and online influencers have seized on the regularization to amplify anti-migrant and Islamophobic narratives around “invasion,” the “Great Replacement,” “remigration,” and a new “Reconquest.” Read our latest analysis : www.csohate.org/2026/09/01/s...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Anti-hate and anti-discriminatory speech frameworks are disproportionately enforced against the very communities they claim to protect, in part because they are so easily distorted by state entities that co-opt victimhood in order to shield their oppression. More: www.csohate.org/2026/08/24/h...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Tomorrow at 9 AM EDT. A timely conversation on where Afghanistan and Afghan communities stand five years after the US withdrawal and what is needed now. Register here: www.csohate.org/event/afghan...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Watch the full conversation: youtu.be/lOKVd8JRIjM?...
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Rethinking Child Safety Online in Southeast Asia
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Dr. Jean Linis-Dinco, Digital Rights Adviser at Manushya Foundation, explains why age assurance, parental controls, and access restrictions alone cannot address online harms to children when addictive recommender systems and business models built on extracting users’ time and data remain unchanged.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Recent anti-Muslim violence in Nepal has brought renewed attention to the country’s growing religious polarization. Our latest analysis examines the cross-border influence of India’s Hindutva movement, and the growing risks facing Nepal’s Muslim minority. READ: www.csohate.org/2026/08/19/n...
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What Anti-Muslim Violence in Nepal Tells us about Hindu Nationalism
Anti-Muslim violence in Nepal’s Terai reveals growing religious polarization and the cross-border influence of India’s Hindu nationalist movement.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Anti-Muslim hate targeting Abdul El-Sayed increased 20-fold following his win in Michigan’s Democratic Primary Election for U.S. Senate. Our research featured on Connect with Jacob Soboroff on MS NOW Watch: youtu.be/tWO7xD9y8iU?... #michigan #uselections #elsayed
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
CSOH Executive Director Raqib Naik spoke with The Canadian Press about the Dominion Society’s upcoming conference, its advocacy for “remigration,” and the transnational far-right networks connecting Canada with movements in Europe. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
On August 26, CSOH brings together Afghan journalists, researchers, and advocates for an important conversation on what has changed since 2021 and the responses needed to better protect Afghan communities globally. Registration details: www.csohate.org/event/afghan...
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Five Years After the U.S. Withdrawal: Afghans Between Repression, Displacement, and Hostility
This panel will bring together researchers, human rights advocates, journalists, and policy experts to examine the evolving realities facing Afghans across the world. The discussion will explore how a...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary on August 4 triggered the summer’s most concentrated wave of anti Muslim hate. In 7 days that followed, posts targeting El-Sayed with anti-Muslim bigotry and conspiracy theories surged 20-fold. More: www.csohate.org/2026/08/12/a...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Our latest analysis examines how local controversies in Japan are transformed into global narratives of “Islamization,” demographic replacement, and cultural displacement and then fed back into Japanese political discourse. Read More: www.csohate.org/2026/08/07/j... #japan #muslims #Sanseito
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Japan’s Muslims make up just 0.3% of the country’s population. Yet a few local disputes over burial grounds and mosques are increasingly being picked up and amplified by far-right actors across borders.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Manufacturing the Muslim Threat
This report maps how Republican elected officials built a coordinated anti-Muslim campaign involving 1,111 social media posts, eight bills, and a 62-member congressional caucus in just thirteen months...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The developments reflect a broader pattern we documented in our Manufacturing the Muslim Threat report and the growing use of anti-Muslim narratives by elected officials to portray Muslim communities as a political and security threat and translate those narratives into policy.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Some Texas Republicans have offered an early blueprint of a legislative agenda targeting the hundreds of thousands of Muslims in the state with new laws that would make practicing their faith essentially impossible, according to The Dallas Morning News www.dallasnews.com/news/faith/a...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Our Director of Research, @evianeleidig.com, spoke on how digital platforms shape, amplify, and sustain far-right extremist movements at the Terrorism Analyst Training Course in Singapore We are grateful to RSIS for the opportunity to contribute to the program.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Looksmaxxing is more than just another online trend. For some young South Asian men, it can become a gateway to racialized beauty standards, self-loathing, and misogynistic narratives, creating pathways into Black Pill communities and the broader manosphere. More: www.csohate.org/2026/07/21/l...
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How Looksmaxxing Pushes South Asian Men Toward Black Pill Ideology
As looksmaxxing has spread across mainstream social media, some online communities have normalized racial hierarchies of attractiveness, creating pathways into black pill communities and the broader m...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Govts across Southeast Asia increasingly recognize need to strengthen online protections for children as digital harms continue to evolve. Join us on Aug 5 to explore the challenges, policy responses & what more needs to be done to better protect children online. www.csohate.org/event/rethin...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
India has some of the most surveilled cities in the world, with CCTV networks feeding into central command and control centers. www.csohate.org/2026/07/24/s...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This dystopian level of mass surveillance has been made possible by the steady expansion of surveillance infrastructure across the country without being accompanied by any form of democratic deliberation, public transparency, or regulatory oversight.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The ongoing Gen Z protests offer a glimpse into how live facial recognition and AI-powered surveillance are reshaping the policing of public dissent in India.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The problem is not simply AI. It is the incentives platforms have created and their failure to consistently enforce their own policies. Full remarks: youtu.be/E1zlfkqJx80?...
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South Asian Roots of Borderless Hate Economy
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Why does hateful content keep thriving online? What to Fix Executive Director Victoire Rio 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.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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South Asian Roots of Borderless Hate Economy
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Online hate has become a business model. Journalist Meriem Mahdhi explains how South Asia-based online networks have pushed racist and Islamophobic content targeting UK & European audiences, monetized Facebook pages through Meta's ad program, and even taught others how to replicate the model.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The myth of “Islamification” is being 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. More: www.csohate.org/2026/04/21/m...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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 report with insights from @evianeleidig.com #AI #GenAI
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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. www.csohate.org/2026/07/01/t...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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 here: www.csohate.org/career/fact-...
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Fact-Checker / Disinformation Analyst (United States)
The full-time Fact-Checker will monitor emerging false narratives, producing evidence-based debunks, maintaining our narrative database, and engaging journalists and community partners.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
#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.
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Across Southeast Asia, Rohingya refugees remain the targets of dangerous hate campaigns in digital spaces. CSOH Southeast Asia Researcher @gustika.bsky.social explains how such campaigns operate and target vulnerable communities across the region. Watch her full remarks: youtu.be/JGHDGCvMZrw?...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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?...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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Profiting from Hate Music
This report maps how the world's largest digital platforms and music streaming services host, amplify, monetize, and profit from a growing genre of Indian music that dehumanizes Muslims and Christians...
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