India, Feb. 6 -- Anti-Indian hate posts on X (formerly Twitter) have surged dramatically in the last month, according to an analysis of 128 posts conducted by the Washington, D.C.-based think tank, the Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH).

The study found that hateful content spiked between December 22, 2024, and January 3, 2025, coinciding with two key events: Indian-American business leader Sriram Krishnan's appointment as White House Senior Policy Advisor for AI on December 22, and Vivek Ramaswamy's post on December 26, in which he said, "Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long."

Several posts on X challenged the platform's policies against hateful conduct, the CSOH report said, yet the...