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CCOA Dispatch Series: Antisemitism across the extremes: A deep-dive on US-based violent online networks

Antisemitism has long formed a central ideological glue and mobiliser for violent extremists across the ideological spectrum. Built on long-standing stereotypes, antisemitism provides a system of meaning and conspiratorial lens through which violent extremists interpret the world and offers Jewish people as a central target for their hate. This research leverages a bespoke data analysis system developed by ISD and CASM Technology to analyse violent extremist online activity in the US. Exploring a six-month period from August 2024–January 2025, analysts deployed Large Language Model (LLM)-based classifiers trained by ISD experts to investigate the volume, platform spread, key actors and themes driving online antisemitism from over 1,000 US-based domestic violent extremist accounts and channels. Analysis spanned a range of mainstream and fringe platforms across a broad ideological spectrum, from neo-Nazi to militant anarchist. 

 

Find the full analysis here: Antisemitism across the extremes

German Toolkit: Toolkit für Lehrkräfte – Auseinandersetzung mit Antisemitismus und antimuslimischem Rassissmus

Based on current research findings, ISD Germany developed a German toolkit for addressing antisemitism and anti-Muslim racism in the school context: Toolkit für Lehrkräfte: Auseinandersetzung mit Antisemitismus und antimuslimischem Rassismus im schulischen Kontext – ISD-GERMANY

The toolkit offers simple but in-depth didactic approaches to promote an open and discrimination-sensitive classroom. This seeks to empowers teachers to sensitise and enable pupils to recognise discriminatory structures and actively stand up for equality and social cohesion. The guide is based on UNESCO’s Global Citizenship Education concept, which aims to empower students and citizens in a digital society to actively and responsibly participate in democratic processes. The necessary knowledge and skills are taught to counter ideologies of inequality and group-based misanthropy.

The CCOA Toolkit: Mainstreaming digital human rights in education and civic action to combat online antisemitism

Nearly every single young European is online every day, as such the internet plays a massive role in shaping worldviews, identities, and values. This influence brings about risks—one of the more disturbing and pernicious being the growing spread of antisemitic rhetoric, conspiracy theories and online hate. This trend poses significant threats to Jewish communities globally.

To help address this rise, “The CCOA Toolkit: Mainstreaming digital human rights in education and civic action to combat online antisemitism” was developed through a three-step process by consultants in collaboration with the CCOA team and ISD. The foundation was laid through focus group discussions with teachers in Poland, which informed the initial structure and key themes. Building on this, the consultants developed the final outline and content. The third step involved an evaluation phase, which included feedback from CCOA members.

The content of this toolkit was developed by consultants Sophie Schmalenberger, Monika Hübscher, Karolina Placzynta, Anna Zielińska, and Nathalie Rücker (ISD/ CCOA). Significant contributions were also made by Sina Laubenstein, Hannah Rose, Solveig Barth, and Jacob Davey (ISD/CCOA). We would like to express our sincere thanks to Larysa Michalska and Monika Mazur-Rafał from Humanity in Action, Poland, who facilitated the focus group discussions and shared their expertise and insights from working with practitioners.

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CCOA Policy Roadmap: Translated Executive Summary

In January, the CCOA released a policy paper outlining the key challenges of online antisemitism and providing comprehensive, actionable steps for governments, tech platforms, regulators and civil society to combat online hate. Built from 42 interviews across France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden, this paper presents a unified pan-European strategy to address online antisemitism and calls for stronger platform accountability, legal tools and digital rights protections. We are excited to announce the Executive Summary of this report is now available in Italian, French, Swedish, German and Polish: Mainstreaming Digital Human Rights: A pan-European Policy Roadmap to Combat Online Antisemitism – ISD

Mainstreaming Digital Human Rights: A pan-European Policy Roadmap to Combat Online Antisemitism

Since long before the October 7 attacks, Jewish communities in Europe have experienced growing hate, harassment and hostility on social media. This policy paper articulates the key challenges of online antisemitism, and provides comprehensive and practical policy steps which governments, platforms, regulators and civil society organisations can take to address them. Built through 42 interviews with Jewish organisations and experts in antisemitism and digital policy from across CCOA’s five geographies (France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden), it collates local experiences and channels them into a cohesive pan-European strategy, uniting communities and sectors in joint responses.

Read the full report here: CCOA-Mainstreaming-Digital-Human-Rights

New ISD research compilation on Online Antisemitism

From mainstream to extreme, from far left to far right and large platforms to fringe ecosystems, antisemitism on social media is a universal challenge. For many years and across different events, geographies and languages, ISD has sought to understand, track and analyse online antisemitism. The aim of this document is to synthesise ISD’s findings, providing a summary of relevant literature as a tool for informing the work of ISD’s Coalition to Counter Online Antisemitism. View attached PDF.

The German Far Right – Online A Longitudinal Study, Paula Matlach & Dominik Hammer

In the period from 1 January 2021 until 31 March 2023, this study examined how members of the German far-right capitalised on developments like the Covid-19 pandemic, focusing on their communication and distribution strategies on social media. Conducting a content analysis, the study seeks to understand which themes were particularly widespread in mostly unmoderated spaces, addressing, among others, antisemitism (chaper 2.5.2 Antisemitism). Find the full report here.

Holocaust Distortions on Social Media After 10/7. The Antisemitic Mobilization, Gunther Jikeli (ISCA)

The report includes an analysis of Holocaust-related content on five social media platforms revealed the widespread presence of Holocaust denial and distortion. This study also highlighted how these distorted references to the Holocaust are being used to fuel antisemitism. The analysis found that platforms like X/Twitter and Truth Social consistently returned results that included Holocaust denial and distortions, while Gab and 4chan, with their predominantly far-right user bases, exhibited an even higher concentration of antisemitic and Holocaust denial messages. YouTube, on the other hand, employs algorithms that prioritize search results with predominantly informational videos about the Holocaust, but some of the comments were also antisemitic. The study also found a disturbing trend of increasing radicalism in antisemitic messages throughout October, including explicit calls for violence and mass murder. These findings underscore the urgent need for social media platforms to implement more effective measures to combat Holocaust denial and distortion, as the weaponization of these harmful narratives poses a significant threat to the preservation of historical truth and the promotion of tolerance, non-violence, and understanding.

Find the full study here: Holocaust Distortions on Social Media After 10/7. The Antisemitic Mobilization | hc:61207 | Humanities CORE (hcommons.org)

Who do Poles see when they see a Jew? – Report on research carried out by the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Marcin Napiórkowski

In 2022, a three-stage research project was conducted on commission of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. It aimed to map the most important cultural codes that shape the images of Jews in contemporary Polish culture, as well as to analyse the risks associated with them. “Who Do Poles See When They See a Jew?” report sums up the research findings. The results indicate that antisemitism, especially the kind that people are not even aware of, is vividly present in our collective imagination. Moreover, antisemitism is not only a tool for discriminating against a specific minority group but also a repeated pattern of discrimination against various minorities.

Find the full report here: POLIN_RAPORT_FULL_ENG_digital

CCOA compendium: The Fragility of Freedom – Online Holocaust Denial and Distortion

This report, published in advance of Holocaust Memorial Day 2024, themed around the Fragility of Freedom, investigates the contemporary challenges of online Holocaust denial and distortion. It features five articles from members of ISD’s Coalition to Counter Online Antisemitism, who each bring unique perspective and expertise to the issue: Alina Bricman, Günther Jikeli, Ada Baumkötter, Linus Kebba Pook, Grischa Stanjek, Karolina Placzynta, Yfat Barak-Cheney, and Hannah Maman.

Find the full report here.