Mainstreaming Digital Human Rights

The report identifies a deepening crisis of online antisemitism in Europe, exacerbated by the October 7 attacks, which has led to significant psychological distress and a 'chilling effect' on Jewish participation in public life. It highlights systemic failures by social media platforms to enforce terms of service, a lack of capacity within law enforcement, and limited awareness of the Digital Services Act (DSA) among Jewish civil society. The document proposes a holistic strategy including mandatory education on contemporary antisemitism, improved algorithmic transparency, the designation of trusted flaggers under the DSA, and the development of trauma-informed reporting mechanisms.

• Online antisemitism has caused severe behavioural and psychological impacts on Jewish communities across Europe, leading to a 'chilling effect' where individuals withdraw from public life, delete social media accounts, or conceal their religious identity to avoid harassment.
• There is a trend toward the normalisation and mainstreaming of antisemitic discourse, where hate speech is increasingly tolerated within anti-racist or political mainstream spaces and often masks itself as anti-Israel sentiment.
• Social media platforms are failing to effectively moderate antisemitic content due to inconsistent enforcement of Terms of Service, poor linguistic expertise in non-English languages, and the rapid evolution of coded language used to evade detection.
• Jewish civil society exhibits low awareness and confidence regarding the Digital Services Act (DSA), with many organisations lacking the capacity to engage in the 'trusted flagger' process or the resources to implement its mechanisms.
• Law enforcement agencies lack the necessary legislative tools, resources, and specialised knowledge to address the scale of online antisemitism, often resulting in a failure to identify illegal harms or a focus only on violent extremism rather than mainstream hate.
• The October 7 attacks triggered a massive spike in digital antisemitism; for example, there was a 51-fold increase in English-language antisemitic comments on YouTube videos regarding the conflict.

APA

Rose, H. (2024). Mainstreaming Digital Human Rights. Institute for Strategic Dialogue. https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CCOA-Mainstreaming-Digital-Human-Rights-1.pdf

Chicago

Rose, Hannah. Mainstreaming Digital Human Rights. Institute for Strategic Dialogue, 2024. https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CCOA-Mainstreaming-Digital-Human-Rights-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rose2024mainstreaming, author = {Rose, Hannah}, title = {{Mainstreaming Digital Human Rights}}, institution = {Institute for Strategic Dialogue}, year = {2024}, url = {https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CCOA-Mainstreaming-Digital-Human-Rights-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }