A new Australian study analyzing about two million online posts finds persistent anti‑Jewish and anti‑Muslim hate on social media. The researchers examine hate content before and after the 7 October attacks and report that both antisemitism and Islamophobia increase following the attacks and then continue at high levels rather than quickly declining. The findings suggest that anti‑Jewish and anti‑Muslim hostility function as connected issues rather than entirely separate problems, despite recent efforts in Australia to address them as distinct categories. The study frames the results as evidence that online hate does not only spike temporarily after major events; instead, it remains entrenched over time. Overall, the research highlights that hate directed at Jewish and Muslim communities continues to appear in public online spaces after the initial post‑attack surge, indicating a durable pattern of hostility that policymakers and platforms may need to address together.
Study finds persistent anti‑Jewish and anti‑Muslim hate in Australian online posts
A new Australian study analyzing about two million online posts finds persistent anti‑Jewish and anti‑Muslim hate on social media. The researchers examine hate content before and after the 7 October a...
- The study analyzes roughly two million online posts in Australia.
- It finds persistent anti‑Jewish and anti‑Muslim hate over time.
- Hate levels increase after the 7 October attacks.
- Antisemitism and Islamophobia do not quickly return to earlier levels.
- The research suggests the two forms of hate have important similarities and can be linked.
Australia has spent much of the past two years responding to anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim hate as separate problems. But our latest research suggests they have something important in common.
1 month agoNew research looking at social media hate before and after the October 7 attacks shows antisemitism and Islamophobia got worse, then stayed bad.
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