X Turns Jewish Grief into a Target, Again
130 hateful replies to British Jewish figures after the Golders Green attack, all apparently violating X rules, were left up.
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This 16-page CCDH report examines reactions on X following an April 2026 stabbing attack on two Jewish men in Golders Green, London, focusing on replies to posts from ten prominent British Jewish figures and organizations, including Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis.
Researchers identified 130 replies they assessed as violating X's own policies on hateful conduct and incitement to violence, including posts celebrating the attack, minimizing the Holocaust, calling for deportation, and using antisemitic slurs. A separate sample of 100 widely viewed posts promoting a "false flag" conspiracy theory about the attack drew over 250,000 combined views, none of which carried a Community Note.
The report frames this as a recurring pattern rather than an isolated lapse, drawing a direct comparison to CCDH's earlier findings after the 2025 Manchester synagogue attack, and argues that X's continued failure to enforce its stated rules falls short of obligations under the UK Online Safety Act and risks encouraging further real-world violence against Jewish communities.
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