The Center for the Study of Organized Hate identified 523 incendiary songs on four sites that promoted violence against Muslims and Christians.
Representative image. People take part in Holi celebrations on a street in front of a mosque, in Varanasi on March 14, 2025.
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Social media and streaming platforms such as YouTube, Meta, Apple Music and Spotify host and profit from Hindutva “hate music” that dehumanises Muslims and Christians, and incites violence against them, according to a study by a Washington DC-based non-profit think tank released on Monday.The Center for the Study of Organized Hate, identified 523 Hindutva hate songs on the four platforms that violated content policies. Of these, 210 songs were on YouTube, 109 on Spotify, 103 on the Meta music library and 101 on Apple Music.More than 50% of the 523 songs directly threatened or incited violence against religious minorities, while the rest promoted or incited hatred through slurs and dehumanisation, the study said.When 225 songs were reported to the four platforms in October for content policy violations, only 18 had been removed by May, a takedown rate of 8%, it added.“Enforcement is superficial and easily circumvented,” the organisation noted. “Artists whose channels are terminated create new ones.”It cited the example of singer Sandeep Acharya, whose accounts it said were suspended at least three times. “Yet 21 of his 26 violative songs remain available across other YouTube channels,” it noted.🚨For over a year, I've worked with a small team of researchers to clinically document evidence of the role Big Tech platforms play in encouraging Hindutva Pop music. We found a total of *523 SONGS*, encouraging violence against Muslims, stoking hate. YouTube, Meta, Apple and… pic.twitter.com/bKff4FMnae— Kunal Purohit (@kunalpurohit) June 16, 2026
