Indian students face online harassment weeks after protests end
Online harassment has long been a complaint among critics of Modi's government, particularly women and political activists, who frequently report threats and abuse on social media.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's attempts to reconcile with the student activists behind the recent nationwide protests have failed to halt the online harassment and police harassment they continue to endure, according to those who have faced it. One such activist is Sakhi, a 22-year-old individual identifying as non-binary, who used social media to satirize Prime Minister Modi's governance and the police's violent crackdown on demonstrators.
Following the protests, Sakhi's posts were sometimes flagged or removed by Instagram in India, while they reported a deluge of threatening messages, many of which contained sexual violence threats, mocked their gender identity, or insulted their physical appearance. The origin of these messages could not be independently verified.
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