When StopAntisemitism asked three social media companies to remove antisemitic content in the last year, it found that TikTok had the best record of the trio, followed by Instagram, then X, according to a report that the nonprofit shared exclusively with JNS.
“We’ve seen time and again how hatred that starts online doesn’t stay online. It emboldens people, it normalizes antisemitism, and ultimately we see the consequences in the real world,” Liora Rez, president and CEO of StopAntisemitism, told JNS. “Yet there is very little accountability for the platforms where this hatred spreads.”
“We wanted to put the data on paper and show exactly what happens when antisemitic content is reported, who takes action, who doesn’t and where these companies need to do better,” she told JNS.
The nonprofit chose those three, since they are the “most influential platforms for the type of content we were examining and gave us a strong foundation for comparing enforcement practices,” Rez said.
StopAntisemitism said it submitted weekly reports to TikTok, Meta (which owns Instagram), and X from July 2025 to July 2026, with an average of five examples from an account on each platform that appeared to violate its policies.
The nonprofit identified offenders based upon what it said was “repeated or egregious examples of content that appeared to violate one or more platform policies.” It reported both accounts with large and small followings, and some of the accounts glorified terrorism against Jews and Israelis, it said.
“One of the most disturbing findings was how much reach these accounts were able to maintain despite repeatedly posting antisemitic content,” Rez told JNS. “When a platform removes one hateful post but allows a repeat offender with an audience of hundreds of thousands to remain, the problem hasn’t been addressed.”
StopAntisemitism reported 49 accounts and 324 posts to TikTok. TikTok removed 24 accounts (49%) and took action against 156 posts (48%).
TikTok also “removed certain antisemitic sounds and audio used to amplify hateful content, illustrating a broader approach to enforcement than simply removing individual videos,” per the report.
The nonprofit defined “content action” as posts being “removed, restricted, de-monetized or otherwise actioned while the account remained active,” and it said it meant “permanently suspended or removed” accounts when it referred to removal.
The report noted that during the studied time span, TikTok created a role of public policy manager for hate speech. StopAntisemitism said that there was a “measurable improvement in TikTokʼs enforcement of its community guidelines following the establishment of this role.”
It also found that more TikTok users began using “deliberately altered spellings, euphemisms or coded references” to circumvent the platform’s content moderation policies.
StopAntisemitism reported 36 accounts and 175 posts to Instagram, and Meta removed 12 accounts (33%) and acted on 70 posts (40%), according to the report.
“Rather than removing repeat offenders outright, Meta more often removed individual posts, reels or stories while allowing the account to remain active,” the report stated. “This approach reduced the visibility of violating content but frequently allowed repeat offenders to continue posting similar material after enforcement actions.”
“Compared to TikTok, Meta appeared to prioritize enforcement against content promoting or glorifying designated terrorist organizations and violence over antisemitic hate speech,” the report stated.
Stop Antisemitism reported the same user on both TikTok and Instagram for content stating that the Oct. 7 attacks against Israel were an “inside job” and used the wordplay “Jewicial system.”
TikTok permanently banned the user, and Instagram took action against multiple pieces of content from the user but left the user’s account intact, StopAntisemitism said.
Of 41 accounts that StopAntisemitism reported to X, the platform removed five (12%), and it took action against 46 (17.5%) of the 263 posts that the nonprofit reported.
“In many cases, reported content was determined to be ‘political speech’ or otherwise non-violative, even when reports documented repeated examples of antisemitic rhetoric, praise for terrorist organizations or calls supporting extremist groups,” the report stated.
“While X did remove individual posts and suspend a limited number of accounts, account-level enforcement occurred far less frequently than on TikTok or Meta,” it said.
Among the posts that X considered to be “political speech or commentary” were those that stated, in part, “strength to Hamas, Houthis, Hezbollah and any other H boys that fight Zionists” and “you start by noticing Jews, you end by hating what theyʼve done to every civilization,” per the report.
There were also many instances of banned accounts on the platforms returning under new names. The report called on the platforms to improve their means of detecting ban evasion.
StopAntisemitism also said that social media platforms should add more experts to their content moderation teams so that they can better identify Jew-hatred and other instances of “context-dependent hate.” It also said they should issue annual reports on the number of complaints submitted and the actions they took against antisemitic and other hateful content.
“Social media companies have both the tools and the responsibility to address antisemitism on their platforms,” Rez told JNS. “Across the board, we need to see more consistent enforcement, greater transparency and meaningful consequences for repeat offenders.”
“The policies already exist,” she added. “What matters now is how consistently and effectively they are enforced.”
