Rape threats, Islamophobia, casteism: Life of female Indian politicians on Twitter

During the general election in 2019, one in seven tweets mentioning a female politician was either problematic or abusive, according to the “Troll Patrol India” report by Amnesty International (pdf) released today (Jan. 23). The human rights organisation chose 95 Indian women politicians who had at least one Twitter mention. The study was conducted for the period between March and May 2019, the months of India’s Lok Sabha elections that saw prime minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) win a second term.