What are Sulli Deals and Bulli Bai app?

Ground Report | New Delhi: What are Sulli Deals and Bulli Bai; Nearly six months after the ‘Sully Deal’, where photos of over 80 Muslim women were put up for sale by right-wing Hindu men, claiming anti-Muslim hatred and selective sexism, hundreds of Muslim women were uploaded by an unidentified group Went. On Saturday – an app using GitHub – by the name of ‘Bulli Bai’.

Last time, no police action has been taken against the perpetrators in the case, despite two FIRs being registered – one in Delhi and the other in Uttar Pradesh and over a dozen complaints lodged at several police stations across the country.

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The woman who filed a complaint against Bulli Bai works with an online information portal. In her complaint, she said: "The term 'Bulli bai' in itself sounds disrespectful and the content of this website/portal (bullibai.github.io) is clearly intended to insult Muslim women because the derogatory term 'Bulli "is used exclusively for Muslim women. and the entire website appears to have been designed for the purpose of embarrassing and insulting Muslim women."

What are Sulli Deals and Bulli Bai

Uploading photos to the “Bulli Bai” app was similar to uploading “Sulli Deals” in July of last year. The 'Bulli Bai' app worked exactly the same as Sulli Deals. Muslim women with a high profile on Twitter, including journalists, have been singled out and their photos uploaded.

Uploading photos to the “Bulli Bai” app was similar to uploading “Sulli Deals” in July of last year. The 'Bulli Bai' app worked exactly the same as Sulli Deals. Muslim women with a high profile on Twitter, including journalists, have been singled out and their photos uploaded.

The app named "Bulli Bai" was reportedly found auctioning off photos of Muslim women, months after unidentified people created a similar app "Sulli deals" where photos of hundreds of Muslim women were found. from their social media accounts, have been uploaded and auctioned. The app was withdrawn following outrage on social media

GitHub, an open-source platform, allows users to create and share apps. But it is not clear who created the app called Bulli Bai. 

As a hosting platform, GitHub, among other things, allows users to create apps under personal or administrative names. You are also allowed to share or sell these apps in the GitHub Marketplace. There is no clarity on who created the ‘Sulli Deals app.

What is Sulli Deals?

GitHub, an open-source platform, allows users to create and share apps. But it is not clear who created the app called Sulli Deals.  GitHub COO Erica Brescia tweeted that the app has been removed from GitHub. But the company has not made any official statement on the matter.

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The app featured the face of a Muslim woman and a slogan underneath that read "Sulli's Deal of the Day." 'Sulli' is a derogatory term used against women.

The creators of the application would use the photos obtained illegally from women's social networks and convince people to participate in the "auction".

“Bulli Bai”, created on GitHub, appeared on January 1, along with a number of photos of women including journalists, social workers, students and famous people, accompanied by derogatory content. Like “Bulli Bai”, the “Sulli Deals” were also hosted on GitHub. Two FIRs were filed by police in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in the Sulli Deals incident last year after photos of Muslim women were misused, but no concrete action was taken against the perpetrators so far.

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