Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Muslim women are major targets of online trolling in IndiaPolice in two Indian states have registered cases after an app shared photos of more than 100 Muslim women saying they were on “sale”.The accused include developers of the app and Twitter handles that shared the images and content. The open source app – Bulli Bai – was hosted on web platform GitHub, which has since taken it down.This was the second attempt in months to harass Muslim women in India by “auctioning” them online.In July, an app and website called “Sulli Deals” created profiles of more than 80 Muslim women – using photos they uploaded online – and described them as “deals of the day”.In both cases, there was no real sale of any kind – the purpose is to degrade and humiliate Muslim women by sharing their personal images. Sulli is a derogatory Hindi slang term right-wing Hindu trolls use for Muslim women, and “bulli” is also pejorative. Journalist Ismat Ara, whose name and photo appeared on the Bulli Bai app, filed a police complaint over the weekend in Delhi. It was against unidentified people and charges included sexual harassment and promoting enmity on…
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