After Facebook and Twitter encouraged hate for Hindus to flow freely on their platforms, Instagram has also joined the team by stating that calling Hindus sub-human and explaining Hindu genocide isn’t against its community guidelines. It declined to bring down a post which erupted hatred against Hindus and asked the complainant to unfollow, block or mute the Hindu hater instead.
A Twitter user had posted a comment from Instagram and the reaction from the social media to a complaint against it. The post reads, “I didn’t do any crimes against humanity, and a genocide against Hindus isn’t a crime against humanity either because they aren’t humans, to begin with xdxdxd”. The comment was made by an account ‘muuhhsab’ in reply to another account ‘shashankroyat’.
https://twitter.com/Pwokeliberal/status/1598910918829957120
Someone submitted a complaint against this comment with Instagram, but to their shock, they received a reply from the review team saying “it doesn’t go against our Community Guidelines”. It even urged the complainant to “avoid seeing” such content and suggested that he/she unfollow, block or mute the account that made the Hindu genocide comment.
It isn’t really unexpected considering the things Facebook, another Meta-owned social media platform, and Twitter do. Facebook had blocked users who shared information about the violence and sexual assault on BJP supporters in the aftermath of the West Bengal assembly polls in 2021.
It also refuses to take any action on account of pouring Hindu hatred on a daily basis and abusing Hindu deities. It should be mentioned that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had said that Facebook will “fight to protect your(Muslims) rights and create a peaceful and safe environment for you.”
This isn’t the first time for Instagram either as there are multiple posts abusing Hindus and their beliefs are considered “not in violation of community standards”.
It is time the Bharatiya government and well-established Hindu diaspora bring measures to see social media giants notice the light and seriously work towards ensuring Hindu human rights.
