Unchecked hate speech: From Kerala's right wing X Spaces to YouTube’s Hindutva pop | Let Me Explain
newslaundry Sep 8, 2025
From X Spaces where Malayali right-wing voices urge Hindus to “arm themselves,” to YouTube’s Hindutva Pop songs with lyrics that glorify violence and rack up millions of monetised views, hate is being amplified, monetised, and often slipping past platform checks.
Unchecked sexist tirades, conspiracy theories, and calls for violence spill out from these spaces into the real world, amplified by media outlets, legitimised by repetition, and turned into political currency.
This week on Let Me Explain, Pooja Prasanna unpacks how hate spreads from chatrooms to streets, the role of platforms in fuelling and profiting from it, and what the law and the Supreme Court have said about the threat it poses to India’s secular fabric.
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‘Hindus, arm yourselves’: Kerala X Spaces fuel anti-Muslim and hate propaganda https://www.thenewsminute.com/kerala/hindus-arm-yourselves-kerala-x-spaces-fuel-anti-muslim-and-hate-propaganda
TNM was alerted to polarising X Spaces discussions by a reader. We listened in on several of them for a week, both live and recorded ones, leading us to the realisation that this is not just a parallel world of conversations, but a pipeline for hateful mobilisation with far-reaching impact.