Following Meta's Oversight Board review of new cases involving symbols adopted by dangerous organizations, CyberWell analyzed data around the use of the inverted red triangle and Meta's Dangerous Organizations and Individuals Policy and submitted a public advisory opinion detailing our recommendations.
Leading up to the 20th anniversary of the founding of YouTube (February 14, 2025), CyberWell explores the concerning monetization of antisemitic content on the platform, with numerous brand advertisements appearing next to such content in direct violation of YouTube's policies and with alarming implications for brand safety.
CyberWell analyzed the top antisemitic narrative promoted by Ye's (Kanye West) 2025 X-platformed tirade. We saw clear spikes across X and alerted the platform to the real-world danger of hosting such content in an era of algorithmically charged celebrity fueled hate.
CyberWell offers an overview of the state of online antisemitism in 2024. Insights include breakdowns by platform, top narratives, and the state of Holocaust denial and distortion online.
Leading up to the 2024 US elections, CyberWell analyzed the top antisemitic narratives found on social media that referred to the candidates, political parties, and overall election conspiracies.
Leading up to the 1-year anniversary of the horrific events of October 7, 2023, CyberWell conducted a deep dive into our data to analyze how antisemitic discourse has shifted online. Overall, the sheer quantity of antisemitic rhetoric has increased with the top three narratives remaining consistent though shifting in order.
Following Meta's request to an external Oversight Board regarding their policy of not removing content containing the phrase "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free", CyberWell looked to our data and Meta policy precedent and submitted a public advisory opinion detailing our recommendations.
Ahead of Yom HaShoah 2024, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, CyberWell analyzed 296 posts which were verified by the research team as antisemitic and fit under the theme of Holocaust Hate Speech. This dataset collectively gained over 11 million views.
Ahead of International Women's Day, CyberWell delves into the narratives spreading on social media denying the rape and sexual assault of girls and women on October 7 and highlights data showing scope, engagement, platform breakdown, removal rates, and more.
CyberWell offers an overview of the state of online antisemitism in 2023. Insights include breakdowns by platform and language, as well as narrative shifts pre- and post- October 7.
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, 2024, CyberWell analyzed one of the latest trending phenomena in online Jew-hatred – denying the atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. In this report, CyberWell sets out to track, map, and analyze the emerging online trend of October 7 denial, demonstrate how denying this violent atrocity is antisemitic at the core, and make the case that social media platforms should prohibit October 7 denialism as stringently as they do Holocaust denial.
Following the violent attacks on Israeli civilians by the Hamas terrorist organization on October 7, 2023, CyberWell detected a significant spike in Jew-hatred across social media platforms. In this report, CyberWell breaks down some of these narratives and major trends.
Following Meta's request to an external Oversight Board regarding their policy of removing content containing Holocaust denial and distortion, CyberWell submitted a public advisory opinion detailing our findings and recommendations.
CyberWell flagged nearly 5,500 social media posts promoting the conspiracy theory that Jews use Freemasons to advance their ambitions of world domination and linking this narrative to major world catastrophes. Meta told CyberWell that they have taken action to curb the spread of the Judeo-Masonic conspiracy theory based on our data insights.
CyberWell took a look at Holocaust denial and distortion across social media platforms. Our research team found stark differences between platforms in how they enforce their hate speech policies. Moreover, even within the same platform, we found significant disparity between the enforcement of Holocaust denial in English versus Arabic.
Following Meta's request to an external Oversight Board regarding their policy of removing content containing the Arabic word "shaheed" when associated with an individual recognized as belonging to a dangerous organization, CyberWell submitted a public opinion detailing our findings and recommendations.
CyberWell's first annual report offers data and insights into the state of online antisemitism since CyberWell began actively monitoring the top 5 social media platforms in May 2022. From top tropes detected to comparisons between removal rates in Arabic and English and a detailed look at the most often violated social media platform policies, this deep dive offers a comprehensive look at Jew-hatred across social media.
During October and November 2022, CyberWell identified 5 major antisemitic narratives and tropes spurring online antisemitism as a reaction to Ye’s repeated antisemitic statements. We shared tailored reports with the five major social media platforms we monitor - Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram & Facebook (both Meta). Antisemitic hate crimes in the real world continue to mirror these same flagged online narratives of Jew-hatred.
Data insights and methodology of the recently analyzed Twitter dataset, collected, vetted and provided by CyberWell to the the Adopt IHRA Coalition - a group of over 180 organizations from around the world, urging the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition on antisemitism by Twitter.
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