Antisemitic 9/11 libel has become gateway for broader conspiracy theories, study shows
Analysts at the ARC examined 4,360 unique posts gathered from the social media platform X/Twitter between August 28 and September 4 using four keyword scans related to the 25th anniversary of 9/11.
A study conducted by the Antisemitism Research Center of the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) has found that antisemitic conspiracy theories have increasingly used the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks to spread a wider array of unfounded allegations against Jewish people. According to the study, 59.3% of 4,360 analyzed social media posts on X/Twitter during the 9/11 anniversary period combined antisemitic claims with the 9/11 attacks.
Nearly one in five of the reviewed posts linked the terror attacks to unrelated antisemitic conspiracy theories. The most frequently referenced secondary conspiracy theory involved a blackmail network allegedly involving Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Other attached conspiracy theories included references to the John F. Kennedy assassination, the October 7 terrorist attack, and the "Hannibal Directive."
Researchers also noted the inclusion of antisemitic tropes such as the "blood libel" and modern incidents targeting Jewish communities. CAM spokesperson Oliver Marks stated that the 9/11 libel is now being used as a gateway to disseminate other conspiracy theories. CAM called on social media platforms to crack down on such hateful content and urged researchers to address the wider conspiracy networks sustaining these false narratives.
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