Characterizing Social Media Contents for Regulating Hate Crimes and Cyber Racism against Marginalized and Dalits In India

Abstract

This article is an attempt to identify the role of social media in regulating hate crimes and cyber racism in India. The freedom of speech is given to the citizens in many countries but a few disturbing elements are misusing this freedom and suppressing the voice of marginalized and Dalits. It is observed that the Fake news contents, hate crimes and cyber racism are increasing in India. The vigilance of internet contents and digital media is in nascent phase and need to be governed in the light of human rights and freedom of speech [1].One side network of haters and fake news bibliophiles are expanding their network in digital media at a faster rate. On the other side cohort of advocates dealing in International agreements, Human Rights and International Laws are establishing a sound framework for raising voice of marginalized on all possible decisive platforms. User generated contents are future of social media therefore, sketching the characters and identifying cyber crimes in advance must be an integral feature of the programming on social networking sites. This article is intended to identify overall impact of hate crimes on the society in general and on the Dalit and marginalized sections more specifically. The article will suggest some proactive measures for characterizing social media contents in order to regulate these contents by designated authorities or popular social networks.