bengalauru a group of 17 iimbangalore faculty members comprising both current and retired staff has written an open letter to corporates to withdraw financial support from platforms propagating misinformation and hate speech both on tv news channels and social mediathe letter written in their personal capacity states over the past few years an open and public exhibit of hatred towards minorities in public discourse has become common practice in india in political discourse television news as well as on social media it suggests that corporates conduct internal assessments to ensure that their funding whether in the form of advertising expenses or donations is channelled toward entities that conduct themselves responsibly and not fan the flames of hatred and misinformationrecognising the potential for heightened internal instability and the risk of escalated conflicts in india the group urged corporates to hold regular diversity and inclusion sensitisation programmes