Inside the Online Anti-Indian Hate Factory

Inside the Online Anti-Indian Hate FactoryPresident Donald Trump lights Diwali candles during a celebration with Indian American leaders at the White House on October 21, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds via Getty Images)A study traces the explosion of anti-Indian rhetoric on social media, including 24,000 posts that were viewed over 300 million times.No description available.--:----:--Upgrade to ListenProduced by ElevenLabs using AI narration10751After winning the presidency in 2024, Donald Trump sent a loud signal about his interest in the artificial intelligence revolution by choosing Sriram Krishnan as senior policy adviser for AI.Within hours, Krishnan, an immigrant from India with a distinguished career in Silicon Valley, was subjected to a storm of attacks from the online right. “Did any of y’all vote for this Indian to run America?” one person wrote on X beneath Krishnan’s photo. Laura Loomer called the appointment “deeply disturbing” and said that America was built by “white Europeans” and “not third world invaders from India.”Two days later Vivek Ramaswamy, a onetime biotech entrepreneur who endorsed Trump after quitting the Republican presidential campaign in 2024 and is now running for Ohio governor, defended Krishnan by saying that the influx of foreign-born engineers at U.S.-based companies was the result of America having “venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long.” Ramaswamy, born in Cincinnati to Indian parents, was then savagely attacked, too.Continue Reading The Free PressTo support our journalism, and unlock all of our investigative stories and provocative commentary about the world as it actually is, subscribe below.Annual$8.33/monthBilled as $100 yearlyMonthly$10/monthBilled as $10 monthlyAlready have an account?Sign InCommentsNo posts