Representation of Dalit in Social Media and Censorship

Abstract

The relationship between social media and its affect on social marginalization is a relatively unexamined area in new media studies. Our case study of various social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram in India, examines how historically unfavored Dalits, or “the Untouchables,” are stopped from leveraging digital tools to narrate their oppressive past to the outside world due to the rise of political censorship in Indian Media. In the name of its censorship process, the Indian new media is repressing the voice of Dalit resistance against social privilege and domination by caste Hindus. Through their biased algorithm that is favoring prominent political figures and suspending Dalit users, today’s new media, although accessible to everyone, fails to give the Dalits an equal say. The Prevalence of casteist advertisements, anti-reservation and anti-Ambedkar content puts the representation of The Dalit community at stake. Which can also he traced further to caste-based discrimination and violence today? Ourarticle provides the examination of Dalits and the content about them on social media as a function of A Dalit social movement for equality and justice. But it also focuses on the bias and discrimination faced by them on the same platforms.