October 2024 – Digital Hate Monthly Report (Eng -Myan)
A total of 103 hate speech cases were found during BHRN’s monitoring process this month. Facebook and TikTok accounts were not consistently used but temporarily and moved to other accounts and some moved to Telegram channels. The military mainly used Telegram channels and TikTok accounts to spread hate speeches and the hate speeches were done through the cartoons as well.
Hate Speech Targets and Usages
In this month’s (the month of October) monitoring, the hate speech targeted the most was PDF and the second most was the Arakan Army (AA) and the third was the Muslim community. Moreover, hate speeches targeting NUG, Rohingya ethnicity and the Muslim community were found as well. In addition, the most used terms of hate speeches for this month are “dog, terrorists, illegal immigrant Bengali, Kalar (a derogatory term referring to Muslims), and evil. Hate Speeches Targeting Arakan Army
A pro-military channel posted a cartoon drawn by MaGa. The cartoon’s message is that AA is genociding the Rohingya community and they are trying to hide it to the Muslim leaders. In that cartoon, AA leader Tun Mrat Naing was referred to as the Drug King and Rohingyas were referred to as Bengali. The cartoon used Criminalizing Hate Speech against AA and Rohingya.
