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# Rampant caste-based harassment means Dalits like me are silenced on social media
- URL: https://werd.io/rampant-caste-based-harassment-means-dalits-like-me-are-silenced-on/
- Published: 2022-01-04T18:15:17.000Z
- Updated: 2022-01-04T18:15:17.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

“Even today, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube in India are dominated by dominant castes. In fact, I quit Instagram last year because I could not relate to the elite, high-resolution world of the dominant castes. Given the lack of diverse voices, caste slurs are rampant on social media in India. Many caste names are casually used as curse words.”

\[[Link](https://restofworld.org/2022/caste-harassment-india-dalit-social-media/)\]