Internet meme trolls in Kerala

Since at least 2015, a number of Internet trolling communities have emerged in the Malayali community,^[1][2] with increasing prevalence in the state of Kerala, India. This phenomenon is particularly prominent in the realms of politics,^[3] cinema, cricket and football.^[4] and regional issues. Trolls often employ memes to spread their messages across various social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.^[5]

Malayalee and sometimes known by the demonym Keralite, a digital way of using social media to criticize democratically generally used to the Government, political parties in india, religious leaders, political leaders, cricket players, news channels, political organizations and filmmakers.^[6][7]

Trolling groups in Kerala include Troll Malayalam^[8] and International Chalu Union.^[8][9]

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The pages post sarcastic memes on contemporary socio-political issues^[10][11] and are almost on par or have overtaken the traditional forms of satires like cartoons and TV shows.^{[citation needed]} These pages come up with memes (depicting an incident or about a public figure) which are of sarcastic nature within minutes the news breaks. Apart from providing humorous content, these pages act as a source of information of currents affairs to some set of people.^[12]

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