2/24/25, 3:20 PM Digital Hate: Monthly Update for January 2025 It means attacking someone’s faith, language, gender, sexual orientation, origin, ethnicity, skin color, race, belief, citizenship, and physical appearance. The monitored hate speeches were categorized as (1) Criminalizing Hate Speech, (2) Abusive Hate Speech, (3) Dehumanizing Hate Speech, (4) Violence Inciting Hate Speech, (5) Threatening Hate Speech, and (6) Hate Speech that supports prejudicial actions inspired by hate speech. BHRN has daily documented hate speech terms and usages found in the contents – based on the current political crisis - disseminated by the military’s propagative channels during the political and war tensions. This report was written after monitoring both online and printed media which Junta and its supporters used to spread their hate speeches. BHRN has recorded a total of 8 hate speech posts from monitoring 3 Facebook groups and 13 Facebook accounts, a total of 63 hate speech posts from monitoring 24 Telegram channels, and 16 posts from 34 TikTok accounts. In the printed media, two newspapers and one journal were also monitored. A total of 87 hate speech cases were recorded during January of 2025. There are many limitations to conducting monitoring that can cover the entirety of Burmese social media, and there may be cases of hate speech that go unreported here. Context of misinformation as hate speech In this report, BHRN has analysed hate speech in the context of the ongoing political tensions in Myanmar. Sometimes, when measured by international standards, what might look like misinformation takes on a different significance in the aftermath of the 2021 coup. This is because misinformation, particularly when aimed at individuals, groups with opposing political beliefs, or minority religious communities, can have severe consequences, even leading to loss of life and the intensification of religious and community conflicts. Hate speech in Myanmar's current political climate is more than just false information; it can be a catalyst for very real and harmful outcomes, especially in the post-coup environment. Understanding this complex relationship between hate speech, misinformation, and their tangible impacts is crucial for grasping the region's broader social, political, and intergroup dynamics. 3. Findings of hate speech in Social Networks https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Digital-Hate--Monthly-Update-for-January-2025-.html?soid=1129958286276&aid=Cmj0phAunzg 4/35