Election-related antisemitism is not new. Platforms must do more than profess commitment to free speech. They must actively and transparently enforce clear policies against hate speech to protect minority communities and democratic integrity.

One method of harm creation found in CyberWell's dataset included weaponizing X's AI tool, Grok, to create a blood libel video falsely accusing Orthodox Jews of killing non-Jews for ritual purposes during a campaign event discussion — a severe policy violation.

All major candidates were targeted with accusations of undue Jewish control. One user invoked the white supremacist trope "ZOG" (Zionist Occupied Government) to allege Jewish control over the US government, targeting mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo.

This form of "mass identity theft" is a grave appropriation and threatens to negate decades of Holocaust education, as Seth Mandel writes. Read his full analysis: www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/...

These incidents highlight how antisemites take advantage of cultural moments to promote their hate — with social media platforms helping to amplify their reach. We continue to monitor and report violative content, calling on social media platforms to enforce their policies without exception.

This rhetoric doesn't foster peace but only fuels antisemitism — distorting Holocaust history, comparing Israel and the Nazis, and denying Jewish suffering. It turns suffering into a zero-sum game, where one group’s pain is used to erase or delegitimize the other’s.

It's not about censoring debate. It's about providing a crucial framework, which CyberWell uses in our online antisemitism research. When we define it, we can recognize it and fight it — together.

This is a large-scale misappropriation of Holocaust language designed to vilify Jews and distort history.

It’s getting through content moderation loopholes and amassing millions of views and engagements — underscoring the urgent need to fine-tune enforcement to counter evolving tactics.