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October 7 and antisemitism today
On October 7 2023, Hamas led a terrorist attack that breached Israel’s borders, killed 1,200 people, and took 251 hostage. It was the largest terror attack in Israeli history and the highest number of Jewish people killed since the Holocaust. Today we remember those killed, and those still held as hostages. We remember those freed…
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White Supremacy on X
X (formerly Twitter) is known to have long-standing issues with hate speech. We take a closer look at White Supremacy on the platform.
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Calls for the destruction of Israel on X
This briefing outlines New Zealand examples from X (formerly Twitter) to explore double standards as a form of antisemitism.
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Antisemitic “Judensau” Trope on New Zealand Social Media
In this briefing we examine the use of the antisemitic “Judensau” trope on New Zealand social media.
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Antisemitism in a New Zealand neo-Nazi Telegram channel, Part II
In this briefing we examine the antisemitism that is prevalent in a New Zealand neo-Nazi Telegram channel.
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Antisemitism in a New Zealand neo-Nazi Telegram channel, Part I
In this briefing we examine the antisemitism that is prevalent in a New Zealand neo-Nazi Telegram channel.
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X does not enforce its policy on hate-speech
A few days ago, at the start of September 2024, Brazil banned X (Twitter) following Elon Musk’s refusal to suspend what Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes described as far-right accounts spreading misinformation. Brazil’s supreme court voted to ban the platform and Moraes has given companies like Apple and Google five days to remove…
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The Baby-Killer trope
This briefing presents a small sample of the antisemitic trope of ‘baby killer’ or ‘child killer’ that is widespread on X (Twitter) in New Zealand (NZ) in the context of the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Where does it come from? The claim of ‘baby-killer’ and ‘child-killer’ is reminiscent of the blood libel against the Jews which…
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Antisemitism on LinkedIn
We examine antisemitism on LinkedIn and look at whether the platform is doing enough to remove antisemitism from their site.
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Antisemitism in New Zealand’s Twittersphere
In this briefing we examine posts from New Zealand X (Twitter) users that demonstrate examples of when anti-Israel activism becomes antisemitic.