CAM research: X turned Spain’s Ceuta crisis into a global antisemitic conspiracy
An analysis by the Antisemitism Research Center found that influencers on X spread conspiracy theories linking a migrant crisis in Ceuta to a Jewish plot. The report highlights how high-reach, verified accounts successfully amplified false narratives to millions of users.
Why it matters
This demonstrates how social media algorithms and verified accounts can rapidly weaponize misinformation to fuel antisemitism and social instability during real-world crises.
An analysis by CAM's Antisemitism Research Center (ARC) found that 173 posts from 119 influencer accounts on X recast a European border emergency as a Jewish plot, reaching an estimated 103.1 million people in 72 hours.Between 50,000 and 60,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on July 30. Spain declared a state of emergency. The causes were a matter of public record: a Spanish domestic legal ruling, the state of Spanish-Moroccan relations, and a decade of strain on Europe's asylum system.That is not the story that spread. Within hours, the ARC found that the dominant explanation on X named the State of Israel and the Jewish people as the architects of European destabilization.ARC analyzed 173 high-impact posts published in the 72 hours after the crossing, drawn from 119 influencer accounts.
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