Anti-South Asian online hate surged in extremist spaces after election, report says

Anti-Asian online hate in the U.S. in extremist online spaces has seen an “alarming surge” since the 2024 U.S. elections won by Donald Trump, data released Thursday by nonprofit group Stop AAPI Hate showed.

Anti-Asian online hate in the U.S. in extremist online spaces has seen an “alarming surge” since the 2024 U.S. elections won by Donald Trump, data released Thursday by nonprofit group Stop AAPI Hate showed.

January 2025 marked the highest number of online anti-Asian slurs by month since monitoring began in August 2022, Stop AAPI Hate said, with a total of almost 88,000 slurs. The group examined forums such as Reddit, X and 4chan.

The surge was mostly driven by anti South Asian slurs, which increased by 75% in January, versus November.

Some online rhetoric centered around Indians “stealing jobs” and threatening “white livelihood,” the nonprofit group said.

Similarly, threats of violence against Asians online rose by over 50% in both December and January, compared to November, the data showed.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/anti-south-asian-online-hate-surged-rcna193006

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