Keeping the Lights On: How Cloudflare Sustains Violent Extremism, Graphic Violence and Terrorism Online
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This report details the real human impact of some of the sites Cloudflare sustains and evaluates the systemic policy and enforcement gaps that allow them to remain operational.
'Rapist,' 'Pedophile,' 'Zionist Trash': Pro-Terror Symbols, Clashes With Police, and Hateful Rhetoric Punctuate Protest at Park East Synagogue
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The second major anti-Israel protest at Park East Synagogue in New York City in less than a year featured a Hezbollah flag, signs equating Zionism with Nazism and terrorism, and stickers depicting a swastika inside a Star of David. The crowd protesting “The Great Israeli Real Estate Event 2026” grew to hundreds as the evening went on. There were significant clashes between protesters and law enforcement; one officer was hospitalized and police used pepper-spray. Based on footage…
How Meta's Content Moderation Practices Risk Turning Instagram into a Hub for Hate
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a video to Facebook in January 2025 announcing dramatic changes to the company’s content moderation policies. In the clip, the 40-year-old executive shared his commitment to restoring free expression and to making sure that “people can share their beliefs and experiences” on Meta platforms. In reality, our research has shown that these policy changes have resulted in a dramatic increase of antisemitism and extremism on Meta’s…
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Embassy Accounts Post Hitler Comparisons, Antisemitic Conspiracy Tropes on X
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Following the April 8, 2026 ceasefire, which halted the 40-day-long U.S. and Israeli military operation against the Islamic Republic of Iran, official Iranian regime diplomatic accounts on X have posted a stream of antisemitic content to audiences of millions. In a campaign the New York Times referred to as “information warfare,” spanning at least four embassies across three continents, Iranian missions in Indonesia, South Africa, Tajikistan, and Zimbabwe have published…
Former Fox News top host Tucker Carlson has become a leading mainstream amplifier of antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories, extremist voices, and anti-Israel disinformation.
Pro-Iran Terrorist Attacks Against Jewish Communities
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Since March 9, 2026, a previously unknown group calling itself Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (HAYI) has claimed responsibility for a rapidly increasing series of attacks on Jewish and Israel-linked institutions across Europe, including in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, and the United Kingdom. In the past few weeks, synagogues were bombed or firebombed in Liege, Rotterdam, Skopje, Kenton, Finchley and Hendon; explosive devices were detonated near a Jewish…
The U.S.S. Liberty Incident: How a Tragic Mistake Became an Enduring Antisemitic Trope
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The Attack on the U.S.S. Liberty In spring 1967, as tensions in the Middle East between Israel and its Arab neighbors threatened to burst into all-out war, the U.S. sent the U.S.S. Liberty, an electronics intelligence-gathering vessel, to the eastern Mediterranean to monitor the deteriorating situation. What would become known as the Six-Day War broke out before the Liberty arrived, leading the U.S. to order the ship to stay at least 100 miles from both Egypt and Israel. But the Liberty never…
The Safety Divide: Open-Source AI Models Fall Short on Guardrails for Antisemitic, Dangerous Content
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ADL study finds popular open-source LLMs can easily be manipulated by malicious actors to produce antisemitic, extremist, and dangerous content amid weak safety guardrails.
Two Years of Turmoil: The Strategic Evolution of Anti-Israel Activism on U.S. Campuses and 2025–2026 Challenges
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ADL examined the strategic evolution of anti-Israel activism on U.S. campuses and provides recommendations for universities to respond proactively to changing tactics.
False Flag Narratives Emerge on Reddit After D.C., Boulder Attacks
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Research by the ADL Center for Tech & Society (CTS) found that the term ‘false flag’ ranked as the second most popular term on Reddit in a sample of conversations about the antisemitic Boulder attack and the fifth most popular following the D.C. Capitol Jewish Museum attack.
On social media and gaming platforms, hate and harassment thrive in closed online spaces, which lack the visibility and accountability of more open or public ones.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how people consume and trust information—including what books they read. Amazon, the world’s largest bookseller, uses Large Language Models (LLMs) to generate short, snappy summaries of customer reviews. While this may be useful when applied to bedsheets or kitchen appliances, applying AI to book reviews—without human oversight—is proving to be deeply problematic. We found that AI-generated reviews are promoting books that…