Ahead of Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, a new report by CyberWell highlights a sharp rise in Holocaust denial and antisemitic content online, increasingly driven by artificial intelligence tools and amplified during geopolitical crises.
CyberWell, a nonprofit that works with social media platforms to combat online antisemitism, said generative AI has significantly lowered the barrier to producing and distributing such content.
“Generative AI has dramatically lowered the barrier to producing and distributing antisemitic content,” said CyberWell founder and CEO Tal-Or Cohen Montemayor. “What once required coordination, creativity, basic technical skills and time can now be created instantly and shared at scale.”
According to the report, AI systems capable of generating text, images, video and audio — including tools such as Sora AI, Suno AI and Veo3 — are reshaping how Holocaust-related hate speech is created and spread. CyberWell identified a growing volume of AI-generated media that trivializes the Holocaust, glorifies Nazi figures or mocks victims, often packaged as memes, parody videos, songs or stylized animations designed to evade detection.
One example cited is an AI-generated, Pixar-style trailer titled “Caust,” which presents the Holocaust as child-friendly entertainment while glorifying Adolf Hitler and mocking victims. Other content uses coded language, humor and visual styles to bypass moderation systems.
While many major platforms have policies prohibiting Holocaust denial, CyberWell said the rise of AI-generated content is challenging existing enforcement mechanisms. Content creators are increasingly using emojis, irony and coded messaging to avoid detection.
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AI-generated, Pixar-style trailer titled “Caust,” which presents the Holocaust as child-friendly entertainment while glorifying Adolf Hitler and mocking victims
“Content moderation efforts on social media platforms need to adjust to meet the scaling use and abuse of generative AI platforms,” Cohen Montemayor said. “This includes expanding integrated partnerships with organizations and technologies that have contextual and subject matter expertise.”
The report also found that Holocaust-related hate speech spikes during periods of geopolitical tension. During the U.S.-Israel war against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the phrase “Hitler was right” saw a sharp increase on the social media platform X.
According to CyberWell’s data, the phrase appeared in an average of 669 posts per day in the six months prior to the conflict. After the war began on Feb. 28, 2026, the daily average rose to 847 posts — a 26% increase. The highest spike occurred on March 1, with 3,843 posts, marking a 474% jump compared with the earlier average.
Tal-Or Cohen Montemayor, CyberWell CEOPhoto: Hagar BaderCyberWell noted that these findings align with broader trends identified in its 2025 annual report, which found that Holocaust denial, distortion and mockery remain persistent across major platforms despite improvements in enforcement against explicit violations.
The organization warned that antisemitic actors are increasingly adapting their tactics, relying on coded language, irony and sophisticated digital formats to evade detection, posing new challenges for content moderation in the AI era.