On November 19 in Luxembourg, CSOH Director of Research and Outreach @evianeleidig.com delivered a keynote at Dialogue Day organized by Respect.lu.

The talk focused on tradwives, manfluencers, and the ways gendered online subcultures shape pathways into algorithmic radicalization.

In the US and Canada, we are seeing an ethnic distanciation within South Asian communities at a moment when solidarity is most needed. Long-settled and multi-generation South Asians often blame newly arriving immigrants.

This framing obscures the real issue. Racism targets all racialized bodies.

Last week in Brussels, CSOH’s Director of Research and Outreach, @evianeleidig.com, spoke at the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation, where she discussed the evolution of the Great Replacement theory through a gender lens and the growing mainstreaming of “Remigration.”

Anti South Asian slurs associated with targeted violence are on rise across online spaces.

Hear Stephanie Chan Director of Data & Research at @stopaapihate.org, explain these trends in detail.

Watch full remarks: youtu.be/AZcVU3KXnts?...

#southasians #onlineharms #Racism

Tomorrow, our executive director Raqib Naik will speak alongside Azadeh Shahshahani of Project South at Harvard Kennedy School event on the expanding use of “counterterrorism” frameworks and how they enable political suppression of marginalized communities and social justice movements.

CNN features CSOH’s new research on online anti-Indian racism and xenophobia, and the ways far-right narratives are taking hold across the US, shaping both digital discourse and the lived experiences of South Asian communities.

Read: www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/u...

Earlier this month, CSOH joined 1,000+ civil society leaders from across the world in Bangkok for International Civil Society Week (ICSW), hosted by @civicusalliance.bsky.social and the Asia Democracy Network.

Highlights from the “Big Tech, Democracy, and Human Rights in South Asia” conference held this Wednesday at the UC Berkeley.

We brought together journalists, digital rights advocates, and scholars to examine how social media platforms are reshaping democracy and human rights across South Asia.

The New York City mayoral elections revealed how quickly online dehumanizing, Islamophobic rhetoric can take hold and how dangerous it becomes in a country already grappling with polarization and rising political violence.

Our research featured on @aljazeera.com

In Germany, the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is weaponizing AI generated imagery to craft hyper-nationalist, anti-refugee, and Islamophobic aesthetics, turning social anxieties into imagined threats to the country.

Read: www.csohate.org/2025/10/13/a...

When Kabul fell in 2021, tens of thousands of Afghans turned to the US for refuge. Many arrived with the expectation of safety & stability.

Four years later, they find themselves navigating a different kind of threat: a growing wave of anti-Afghan sentiment.

Read: www.csohate.org/2025/10/23/a...

Our latest data shows a disturbing escalation of online hate targeting Zohran Mamdani and Muslim New Yorkers on X (formerly Twitter). Between November 1 and 5, we recorded 7,449 Islamophobic and xenophobic posts, with a staggering 5,307 (71%) posted on just November 4 and 5.

Next Wednesday (November 12), the Big Tech, Democracy, and Human Rights in South Asia conference will take place at the University of California, Berkeley.

Registration details: www.csohate.org/big-tech-dem...

#SouthAsiaTechConf2025

What we witnessed around the New York City Mayoral elections reflects a broader and growing pattern of dehumanising rhetoric against Muslims that has taken deep root in American public life.

Our latest report uncovers a staggering campaign of Islamophobia and xenophobia on X (formerly Twitter) that reached 1.5 billion impressions targeting Zohran Mamdani during the New York City mayoral election.

More: www.csohate.org/2025/11/03/i...

#mamdani #zohranmamdani #nyc