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Online hate against South Asian Americans rises steadily, report says

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Summary
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74% Informative

Anti-Asian hate in extremist online spaces rose steadily from January 2023 to August 2024 , group says.

Nearly 5.4 million people of South Asian descent live in the United States .

Anti-South Asian slurs doubled last year , from 23,000 to more than 46,000 , report says.

South Asian communities were targeted with the highest volume of anti-Asian online hostility.

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85

Informative language

91

Neutral language

45

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

71

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

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short-lived

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