__The number of anti-Semitic incidents rose by 6% in 2022, the vast majority of them happening online, Jewish groups said on Tuesday.__
In its annual report, the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities and the Foundation against Racism and Anti-Semitism noted 910 incidents reported in 2022: 853 online, and 57 in the physical world.
The authors of the report specifically mentioned the messaging app Telegram as a major source of incidents. “Sub-cultures obsessed with conspiracy theories” are particularly active on the app, they say.
A separate study published on Monday by the CICAD group, which looked specifically at the French-speaking part of Switzerland, came to a similar conclusion: 75% of the online cases it flagged happened on Telegram, that group said.
It said the lack of moderation and rules on the messaging service were behind this high figure.
Incidents in the non-online world mainly involved anti-semitic statements, insults, or graffiti.
__Pandemic boost__
In the past few years, the Covid-19 pandemic gave a boost to anti-Semitic incidents, Tuesday’s report says. Opposition to state-imposed health measures gave rise to a sub-culture hostile to state and society, and also gave a boost to all sorts of conspiracy theories.
“Members of this sub-culture share a belief in a secret power which wants to dominate, enslave or exterminate humanity,” the authors of the study write. This diffuse power is often caricatured as being small, elite, and often becomes associated with Jews.
Last April, the government decided to boost financial support to protect Jewish and Muslim minorities in Switzerland, earmarking CHF2.5 million ($2.7 million) annually to improve security at places of worship like mosques and synagogues.
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It is always troubling to hear things like this. These sub cultures obsessed with conspiracy theories are potentially quite dangerous, as these nuts sometimes turn toward violence.
>**vast majority of them happening online, Jewish groups said on Tuesday.**
Did they check if all these users are located in Switzerland?
Nowadays, we need to be very careful with Putin`s troll farms (and others) as its their goal to stir up our more liberal societies.
On the other hand, anti-semitism is inacceptable and we should keep an eye on it.
We should also keep in mind that plenty if immigrants do come from muslim countries and specially now with the escalation in Palestine this shouldnt be a big surprise either.
Ok, serious question: How do they connect online cases to switzerland… especially on Telegram? Isnt that super hard?
And, am I stupid or doesnt it say anywhere how much the rise actually is?
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__The number of anti-Semitic incidents rose by 6% in 2022, the vast majority of them happening online, Jewish groups said on Tuesday.__
In its annual report, the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities and the Foundation against Racism and Anti-Semitism noted 910 incidents reported in 2022: 853 online, and 57 in the physical world.
The authors of the report specifically mentioned the messaging app Telegram as a major source of incidents. “Sub-cultures obsessed with conspiracy theories” are particularly active on the app, they say.
A separate study published on Monday by the CICAD group, which looked specifically at the French-speaking part of Switzerland, came to a similar conclusion: 75% of the online cases it flagged happened on Telegram, that group said.
It said the lack of moderation and rules on the messaging service were behind this high figure.
Incidents in the non-online world mainly involved anti-semitic statements, insults, or graffiti.
__Pandemic boost__
In the past few years, the Covid-19 pandemic gave a boost to anti-Semitic incidents, Tuesday’s report says. Opposition to state-imposed health measures gave rise to a sub-culture hostile to state and society, and also gave a boost to all sorts of conspiracy theories.
“Members of this sub-culture share a belief in a secret power which wants to dominate, enslave or exterminate humanity,” the authors of the study write. This diffuse power is often caricatured as being small, elite, and often becomes associated with Jews.
Last April, the government decided to boost financial support to protect Jewish and Muslim minorities in Switzerland, earmarking CHF2.5 million ($2.7 million) annually to improve security at places of worship like mosques and synagogues.
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It is always troubling to hear things like this. These sub cultures obsessed with conspiracy theories are potentially quite dangerous, as these nuts sometimes turn toward violence.
>**vast majority of them happening online, Jewish groups said on Tuesday.**
Did they check if all these users are located in Switzerland?
Nowadays, we need to be very careful with Putin`s troll farms (and others) as its their goal to stir up our more liberal societies.
On the other hand, anti-semitism is inacceptable and we should keep an eye on it.
We should also keep in mind that plenty if immigrants do come from muslim countries and specially now with the escalation in Palestine this shouldnt be a big surprise either.
Ok, serious question: How do they connect online cases to switzerland… especially on Telegram? Isnt that super hard?
And, am I stupid or doesnt it say anywhere how much the rise actually is?