“The risk of genocide in India is no longer close to zero,” read an open letter by 17 current and former faculty members of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, urging the leaders of corporate India to “de-fund” the misinformation and hate speech spread through news channels and social media.
The letter demanded that the companies should stop funding news media that “air hateful or genocidal content” through advertisements or donations, and conduct an internal audit to this effect, besides ensuring inclusive and sensitised work culture.
