Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH)
@csohate.bsky.social
CSOH is a Washington, DC based nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank, advancing research and informing policies to combat organized hate, extremism, radicalization, and online harms.
Website: https://www.csohate.org
Website: https://www.csohate.org
The Guardian tested AI chatbots after French far-right politician Julien Odoul altered a photo of a Muslim woman to remove her hijab. Its testing found that several AI tools complied with similar prompts to remove hijabs from images of Muslim women.
October 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
The Guardian tested AI chatbots after French far-right politician Julien Odoul altered a photo of a Muslim woman to remove her hijab. Its testing found that several AI tools complied with similar prompts to remove hijabs from images of Muslim women.
Six major, interrelated factors that explain the explosion of anti-South Asian hate in the US.
Read all the major findings from our report: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...
Read all the major findings from our report: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...
October 1, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Six major, interrelated factors that explain the explosion of anti-South Asian hate in the US.
Read all the major findings from our report: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...
Read all the major findings from our report: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...
#NewReport: Anti-South Asian hate in the United States has intensified sharply since late 2024, with racist, dehumanizing, and xenophobic slurs and narratives targeting South Asians proliferating across social media platforms.
Read and download: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...
Read and download: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...
The Rising Tide of Anti-South Asian Hate in the United States
This report examines the scale, nature, and tactics of online hate targeting South Asians across X, 4chan, 8chan, and Gab.
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September 28, 2026 at 3:52 PM
#NewReport: Anti-South Asian hate in the United States has intensified sharply since late 2024, with racist, dehumanizing, and xenophobic slurs and narratives targeting South Asians proliferating across social media platforms.
Read and download: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...
Read and download: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...
Last week, Niala Mohammad, CSOH’s Program Lead on Islamophobia, spoke at the 25 Years of War on Terror conference in DC, organized by the Muslim Counterpublics Lab.
Niala spoke on a panel examining adoption & impact of counterterrorism frameworks across Muslim-majority countries.
#waronterror
Niala spoke on a panel examining adoption & impact of counterterrorism frameworks across Muslim-majority countries.
#waronterror
September 22, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Last week, Niala Mohammad, CSOH’s Program Lead on Islamophobia, spoke at the 25 Years of War on Terror conference in DC, organized by the Muslim Counterpublics Lab.
Niala spoke on a panel examining adoption & impact of counterterrorism frameworks across Muslim-majority countries.
#waronterror
Niala spoke on a panel examining adoption & impact of counterterrorism frameworks across Muslim-majority countries.
#waronterror
#NewReport: CSOH and Research in Societal Extremism (RISE) at Charles University map the landscape of Czech-language online hate and examine how hateful narratives targeting different minority communities intersect and reinforce one another.
Full report: www.csohate.org/2026/09/18/o...
Full report: www.csohate.org/2026/09/18/o...
Online Hate in Czech
This report maps the landscape of Czech-language online hate and examines how hateful narratives targeting different minority communities intersect and reinforce one another.
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September 18, 2026 at 7:55 PM
#NewReport: CSOH and Research in Societal Extremism (RISE) at Charles University map the landscape of Czech-language online hate and examine how hateful narratives targeting different minority communities intersect and reinforce one another.
Full report: www.csohate.org/2026/09/18/o...
Full report: www.csohate.org/2026/09/18/o...
Mina Sharif, an Afghan Canadian author, explains how Afghans in Canada are navigating their lives amid a surge in anti-migrant and anti-refugee rhetoric.
Full remarks: youtu.be/vBUNOb0uZZw?...
#afghan #Afghanistan #canada
Full remarks: youtu.be/vBUNOb0uZZw?...
#afghan #Afghanistan #canada
September 17, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Mina Sharif, an Afghan Canadian author, explains how Afghans in Canada are navigating their lives amid a surge in anti-migrant and anti-refugee rhetoric.
Full remarks: youtu.be/vBUNOb0uZZw?...
#afghan #Afghanistan #canada
Full remarks: youtu.be/vBUNOb0uZZw?...
#afghan #Afghanistan #canada
Our executive director Raqib Naik spoke with NPR about the mainstreaming of dangerous narratives that portray Muslims as a demographic, political and civilizational threat, all rooted in Great Replacement conspiracy theory.
September 11, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Our executive director Raqib Naik spoke with NPR about the mainstreaming of dangerous narratives that portray Muslims as a demographic, political and civilizational threat, all rooted in Great Replacement conspiracy theory.
Sri Lanka’s far-right landscape is changing.
For years, its politics were largely shaped by militant Sinhala Buddhist nationalism, mobilizing anxieties around minorities, demographic change, and threats to national culture.
For years, its politics were largely shaped by militant Sinhala Buddhist nationalism, mobilizing anxieties around minorities, demographic change, and threats to national culture.
September 11, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Sri Lanka’s far-right landscape is changing.
For years, its politics were largely shaped by militant Sinhala Buddhist nationalism, mobilizing anxieties around minorities, demographic change, and threats to national culture.
For years, its politics were largely shaped by militant Sinhala Buddhist nationalism, mobilizing anxieties around minorities, demographic change, and threats to national culture.
Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi, author and Head of the Afghanistan Desk at Deutsche Welle (DW), explains how Afghans in Germany are scapegoated through harmful narratives and how those narratives translate into deportation policies embraced by both mainstream and far-right parties.
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September 10, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi, author and Head of the Afghanistan Desk at Deutsche Welle (DW), explains how Afghans in Germany are scapegoated through harmful narratives and how those narratives translate into deportation policies embraced by both mainstream and far-right parties.
youtu.be/vBUNOb0uZZw?...
youtu.be/vBUNOb0uZZw?...
Far-right political actors, extremist groups, and online influencers have seized on the regularization to amplify anti-migrant and Islamophobic narratives around “invasion,” the “Great Replacement,” “remigration,” and a new “Reconquest.”
Read our latest analysis : www.csohate.org/2026/09/01/s...
Read our latest analysis : www.csohate.org/2026/09/01/s...
September 7, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Far-right political actors, extremist groups, and online influencers have seized on the regularization to amplify anti-migrant and Islamophobic narratives around “invasion,” the “Great Replacement,” “remigration,” and a new “Reconquest.”
Read our latest analysis : www.csohate.org/2026/09/01/s...
Read our latest analysis : www.csohate.org/2026/09/01/s...
Anti-hate and anti-discriminatory speech frameworks are disproportionately enforced against the very communities they claim to protect, in part because they are so easily distorted by state entities that co-opt victimhood in order to shield their oppression.
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August 27, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Anti-hate and anti-discriminatory speech frameworks are disproportionately enforced against the very communities they claim to protect, in part because they are so easily distorted by state entities that co-opt victimhood in order to shield their oppression.
More: www.csohate.org/2026/08/24/h...
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Tomorrow at 9 AM EDT. A timely conversation on where Afghanistan and Afghan communities stand five years after the US withdrawal and what is needed now.
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Register here: www.csohate.org/event/afghan...
August 25, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Tomorrow at 9 AM EDT. A timely conversation on where Afghanistan and Afghan communities stand five years after the US withdrawal and what is needed now.
Register here: www.csohate.org/event/afghan...
Register here: www.csohate.org/event/afghan...
Dr. Jean Linis-Dinco, Digital Rights Adviser at Manushya Foundation, explains why age assurance, parental controls, and access restrictions alone cannot address online harms to children when addictive recommender systems and business models built on extracting users’ time and data remain unchanged.
August 22, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Dr. Jean Linis-Dinco, Digital Rights Adviser at Manushya Foundation, explains why age assurance, parental controls, and access restrictions alone cannot address online harms to children when addictive recommender systems and business models built on extracting users’ time and data remain unchanged.
Recent anti-Muslim violence in Nepal has brought renewed attention to the country’s growing religious polarization.
Our latest analysis examines the cross-border influence of India’s Hindutva movement, and the growing risks facing Nepal’s Muslim minority.
READ: www.csohate.org/2026/08/19/n...
Our latest analysis examines the cross-border influence of India’s Hindutva movement, and the growing risks facing Nepal’s Muslim minority.
READ: www.csohate.org/2026/08/19/n...
What Anti-Muslim Violence in Nepal Tells us about Hindu Nationalism
Anti-Muslim violence in Nepal’s Terai reveals growing religious polarization and the cross-border influence of India’s Hindu nationalist movement.
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August 20, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Recent anti-Muslim violence in Nepal has brought renewed attention to the country’s growing religious polarization.
Our latest analysis examines the cross-border influence of India’s Hindutva movement, and the growing risks facing Nepal’s Muslim minority.
READ: www.csohate.org/2026/08/19/n...
Our latest analysis examines the cross-border influence of India’s Hindutva movement, and the growing risks facing Nepal’s Muslim minority.
READ: www.csohate.org/2026/08/19/n...
Anti-Muslim hate targeting Abdul El-Sayed increased 20-fold following his win in Michigan’s Democratic Primary Election for U.S. Senate.
Our research featured on Connect with Jacob Soboroff on MS NOW
Watch: youtu.be/tWO7xD9y8iU?...
#michigan #uselections #elsayed
Our research featured on Connect with Jacob Soboroff on MS NOW
Watch: youtu.be/tWO7xD9y8iU?...
#michigan #uselections #elsayed
August 16, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Anti-Muslim hate targeting Abdul El-Sayed increased 20-fold following his win in Michigan’s Democratic Primary Election for U.S. Senate.
Our research featured on Connect with Jacob Soboroff on MS NOW
Watch: youtu.be/tWO7xD9y8iU?...
#michigan #uselections #elsayed
Our research featured on Connect with Jacob Soboroff on MS NOW
Watch: youtu.be/tWO7xD9y8iU?...
#michigan #uselections #elsayed
CSOH Executive Director Raqib Naik spoke with The Canadian Press about the Dominion Society’s upcoming conference, its advocacy for “remigration,” and the transnational far-right networks connecting Canada with movements in Europe.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
August 14, 2026 at 10:10 PM
CSOH Executive Director Raqib Naik spoke with The Canadian Press about the Dominion Society’s upcoming conference, its advocacy for “remigration,” and the transnational far-right networks connecting Canada with movements in Europe.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary on August 4 triggered the summer’s most concentrated wave of anti Muslim hate. In 7 days that followed, posts targeting El-Sayed with anti-Muslim bigotry and conspiracy theories surged 20-fold.
More: www.csohate.org/2026/08/12/a...
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August 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary on August 4 triggered the summer’s most concentrated wave of anti Muslim hate. In 7 days that followed, posts targeting El-Sayed with anti-Muslim bigotry and conspiracy theories surged 20-fold.
More: www.csohate.org/2026/08/12/a...
More: www.csohate.org/2026/08/12/a...
Japan’s Muslims make up just 0.3% of the country’s population. Yet a few local disputes over burial grounds and mosques are increasingly being picked up and amplified by far-right actors across borders.
August 8, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Japan’s Muslims make up just 0.3% of the country’s population. Yet a few local disputes over burial grounds and mosques are increasingly being picked up and amplified by far-right actors across borders.
Some Texas Republicans have offered an early blueprint of a legislative agenda targeting the hundreds of thousands of Muslims in the state with new laws that would make practicing their faith essentially impossible, according to The Dallas Morning News
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August 7, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Some Texas Republicans have offered an early blueprint of a legislative agenda targeting the hundreds of thousands of Muslims in the state with new laws that would make practicing their faith essentially impossible, according to The Dallas Morning News
www.dallasnews.com/news/faith/a...
www.dallasnews.com/news/faith/a...
Our Director of Research, @evianeleidig.com, spoke on how digital platforms shape, amplify, and sustain far-right extremist movements at the Terrorism Analyst Training Course in Singapore
We are grateful to RSIS for the opportunity to contribute to the program.
We are grateful to RSIS for the opportunity to contribute to the program.
August 6, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Our Director of Research, @evianeleidig.com, spoke on how digital platforms shape, amplify, and sustain far-right extremist movements at the Terrorism Analyst Training Course in Singapore
We are grateful to RSIS for the opportunity to contribute to the program.
We are grateful to RSIS for the opportunity to contribute to the program.
Looksmaxxing is more than just another online trend. For some young South Asian men, it can become a gateway to racialized beauty standards, self-loathing, and misogynistic narratives, creating pathways into Black Pill communities and the broader manosphere.
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How Looksmaxxing Pushes South Asian Men Toward Black Pill Ideology
As looksmaxxing has spread across mainstream social media, some online communities have normalized racial hierarchies of attractiveness, creating pathways into black pill communities and the broader m...
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July 31, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Looksmaxxing is more than just another online trend. For some young South Asian men, it can become a gateway to racialized beauty standards, self-loathing, and misogynistic narratives, creating pathways into Black Pill communities and the broader manosphere.
More: www.csohate.org/2026/07/21/l...
More: www.csohate.org/2026/07/21/l...
Govts across Southeast Asia increasingly recognize need to strengthen online protections for children as digital harms continue to evolve.
Join us on Aug 5 to explore the challenges, policy responses & what more needs to be done to better protect children online.
www.csohate.org/event/rethin...
Join us on Aug 5 to explore the challenges, policy responses & what more needs to be done to better protect children online.
www.csohate.org/event/rethin...
July 27, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Govts across Southeast Asia increasingly recognize need to strengthen online protections for children as digital harms continue to evolve.
Join us on Aug 5 to explore the challenges, policy responses & what more needs to be done to better protect children online.
www.csohate.org/event/rethin...
Join us on Aug 5 to explore the challenges, policy responses & what more needs to be done to better protect children online.
www.csohate.org/event/rethin...
The ongoing Gen Z protests offer a glimpse into how live facial recognition and AI-powered surveillance are reshaping the policing of public dissent in India.
July 25, 2026 at 3:43 AM
The ongoing Gen Z protests offer a glimpse into how live facial recognition and AI-powered surveillance are reshaping the policing of public dissent in India.
Why does hateful content keep thriving online?
What to Fix Executive Director Victoire Rio explains how tying revenue to engagement turns outrage into a profitable business model, allowing actors to scale harmful content across markets even faster with generative AI.
What to Fix Executive Director Victoire Rio explains how tying revenue to engagement turns outrage into a profitable business model, allowing actors to scale harmful content across markets even faster with generative AI.
July 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Why does hateful content keep thriving online?
What to Fix Executive Director Victoire Rio explains how tying revenue to engagement turns outrage into a profitable business model, allowing actors to scale harmful content across markets even faster with generative AI.
What to Fix Executive Director Victoire Rio explains how tying revenue to engagement turns outrage into a profitable business model, allowing actors to scale harmful content across markets even faster with generative AI.
Online hate has become a business model.
Journalist Meriem Mahdhi explains how South Asia-based online networks have pushed racist and Islamophobic content targeting UK & European audiences, monetized Facebook pages through Meta's ad program, and even taught others how to replicate the model.
Journalist Meriem Mahdhi explains how South Asia-based online networks have pushed racist and Islamophobic content targeting UK & European audiences, monetized Facebook pages through Meta's ad program, and even taught others how to replicate the model.
July 11, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Online hate has become a business model.
Journalist Meriem Mahdhi explains how South Asia-based online networks have pushed racist and Islamophobic content targeting UK & European audiences, monetized Facebook pages through Meta's ad program, and even taught others how to replicate the model.
Journalist Meriem Mahdhi explains how South Asia-based online networks have pushed racist and Islamophobic content targeting UK & European audiences, monetized Facebook pages through Meta's ad program, and even taught others how to replicate the model.