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CyberWell – Fighting Antisemitism on Social Media

“Antisemitism is on the rise across the world, emboldened by lax enforcement from social media and other digital platforms. Data shows that the fear and concern of social media users, especially Jewish users, are justified – more than 75% of reported antisemitic content remains online. CyberWell evidences the reality of online Jew-hatred in real time, acting as a transparency engine designed to drive enforcement of community standards and hate speech policies across platforms. We provide clear, visualized, data on online antisemitism and policy failures across the digital space.”

Jewish Insider: “…CyberWell monitors for antisemitism in both English and Arabic, using the 11 categories detailed in the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism to determine a positive incident. Of the five main social media platforms CyberWell operates within — Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X, formerly known as Twitter — Facebook saw the highest rise in antisemitism after Oct. 7, with a 193% increase while X increased by 81% (although Cohen Montemayor described X as having a “higher level of baseline antisemitism because they don’t remove hate speech.”)…Screenshots of TikTok’s internal employee platform show moderators purposely enable antisemitic and anti-Israel content to remain..”

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