A new antisemitic meme trending on social media was identified by CyberWell, the non-profit confirmed. The ‘promised 3,000 years ago’ meme features Jewish men engaging in antisemitic stereotypes while justifying said behavior.
The memes stereotype Jews as greedy, dishonest, or delusional, according to CyberWell. Though the memes often disguise the antisemitism behind formats suggesting satire or humor.
“This latest trend highlights a broader challenge for social media platforms: AI tools are making it increasingly difficult to monitor and control harmful content at scale,” said CyberWell Founder and CEO Tal-Or Cohen Montemayor.
“Relying on users to report hate has proven to be a complete failure, contributing to waves of real-world violence amplified by algorithms that thrive on outrage. Now, antisemites and extremists are exploiting AI tools like Google Veo3 and audio generators like Suno to spread and intensify hate.”
The memes often feature visibly Jewish characters claiming property over items or locations with the song “Hava Nagila” playing in the background, along with the characters justifying their attempts to claim the subject with the explanation it was promised to them by God.
Holocaust references
Mohamed Hadid, a controversial figure accused of antisemitism on multiple occasions, posted to his 1.5 million followers an AI-generated figure stating, “I was promised 6,000,000 followers on TikTok 3,000 years ago.”
CyberWell suggests the “6,000,000” is a reference to the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.
Over 100 videos were identified with the same format.
“AI-generated content removes the need for hate to target real individuals with personal identities. This trend has been deliberately shaped and amplified by AI tools to appear as satire and evade platform moderation, yet it is designed to spread anti-Jewish hate that is fueling unprecedented violence against communities across North America,” said Cohen Montemayor.
“If social media platforms do not invest in stronger and faster response mechanisms, similar to efforts made to combat revenge porn, this creative abuse of AI will continue to reach billions. In the era of AI, slow and reactive Trust & Safety enforcement and policy updates are no longer acceptable.”
“The meme trend reflects a wider attempt to weaponize Jewish culture and humor to dehumanize the Jewish community,” added Cohen Montemayor.
“If platforms fail to moderate this content effectively, it will normalize antisemitism by allowing hate to be disguised as ill-intended satire, enable evasion of moderation through irony and fictional AI characters, reduce Jewish identity and religion to harmful stereotypes and risk radicalizing users by drawing them into hateful ideologies fueled by emotionally charged content.”