Rape Threats, Fake News, Mob Violence: How Right Wingers Attacked People For Facebook Posts After Pulwama Attack

Shortly after the blast in Pulwama, which was caused by a 19-year-old Kashmiri man ramming a car full of explosives into a CRPF convoy, groups of self-proclaimed nationalists had sprung into action, using the vast reach of their social media networks to wreak havoc on the lives of people they were quick to term “anti-national”. HuffPost India spoke to the victims of the social media harassment and their employers to map how right-wing activists organised campaigns which included a combination of threats, online attacks and, in some cases, fears of mob violence, to orchestrate a cycle of ‘punishment’.

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