The British government has previously said it is “extremely concerned about the spread of antisemitic content on social media.”
Pointing towards the Online Safety Act, enacted in 2023, the government said such legislation puts “strong duties on social media platforms to protect all users from illegal content, including illegal hate speech and abuse.”
In 2025, CST recorded 1,541 instances of online antisemitism, the highest for any year and 23% higher than the 1,253 online incidents reported in 2024.
Social media has been used, in some cases, “as a tool for coordinated campaigns of antisemitic harassment, threats and abuse directed at Jewish public figures and other individuals,” according to CST.
Ilan Zvi Baron, a professor in international political theory at Durham University, agrees that “social media definitely plays a part” in the rise of antisemitism.
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