Snapshot Investigation Finds Antisemitism Running Rampant on X, Highlights Need for Stricter Moderation

The Antisemitism Research Center (ARC) by CAM conducted a snapshot investigation of Jew-hatred on X on Monday. At approximately 10:20 AM ET, ARC researchers documented and analyzed the first 100 English-language posts produced by searching “Jew” in the platform’s search function.

The results of the analysis were stark, with 54 of the posts — over half — offensive toward Jews. A similar ARC analysis last month found that 82 of the first 100 posts were antisemitic. The fact that both ARC investigations revealed a greater than 50 percent rate is cause for grave alarm.

This month, the ARC identified 13 distinct manifestations of antisemitism in the 54 posts deemed offensive toward Jews:

• Calls for exclusion or discrimination targeting Jews;
• Slurs targeting Jews, defined as name-calling or use of the term “Jew” as a pejorative;
• Allegations of outsized Jewish control of institutions or world affairs, frequently motivated by money;
• Explicit or implicit threats of violence against Jews;
• Defamation, defined as trying to frame Jews writ large as evil, malevolent, or exploitative;
• Holocaust denial;
• Crass dismissals of concerns about antisemitism;
• Expressions of support for antisemitic movements or behavior;
• Evocations of biblical references to malign Jews;
• Denigration of the Jewish state using antisemitic tropes;
• Denial that Jesus was Jewish, in the context of a thread denigrating Jews;
• Support for Hitler;
• Use of “Zionist” as a slur.

A breakdown of each of these posts by frequency is below:

Slurs targeting Jews made up 40.7 percent — the clear plurality – of the 54 posts deemed offensive to Jews, suggesting that straightforward, unabashed anti-Jewish hate runs rampant on X. Many of these posts originated from anonymous accounts, suggesting that certain X users who promulgate bigotry seek to escape scrutiny and accountability for their behavior.

Screenshots of the most egregious examples are below:

Antisemitism Runs Rampant on X

While concerning, the ARC’s findings this month and last month are sadly unsurprising. A new study published last month by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) uncovered 679,584 posts that contained antisemitism likely antithetical to X’s own policies between February 1, 2024 and January 31, 2025. The researchers concluded that “X has become the go-to platform for antisemitic posters” and that content moderation on the platform has been wholly insufficient to address the rampant toxicity.

X’s own rules specify, “You may not directly attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease” — yet as of this writing on October 22, all four posts depicted above were still live, with the fourth merely subject to limited visibility on the grounds that it “may” violate X’s policies.

In the aftermath of the October 7th massacre in Israel two years ago, Jewish communities worldwide have faced relentless hate speech, vandalism, and acts of violence. Rampant online bigotry aimed at Jews can only exacerbates such threats.

Social media companies, particularly X, must take responsibility for this phenomenon and dedicate greater resources to content moderation, with an eye toward stronger AI monitoring tools, as well as the hiring of more human moderators.