Poll finds 68% of Israeli teens report encountering anti-Semitic content online

A poll carried out for the US-based Anti-Defamation League finds over two-thirds of Israeli teens say they are exposed to anti-Semitic content online.

The bad news: “Nearly a quarter of those polled reported encountering anti-Semitic expressions on Twitter or in Facebook status updates at least once a month. And more than half said they had encountered hate on Facebook, eclipsing all other social media platforms,” according to a statement by the organization detailing to poll’s findings.

And more bad news: “68% of Israeli youth ages 15-18 report having encountered anti-Semitism online.”

The good news: Those figures are on a decline from a January 2016 poll that found 84% “of young people in Israel reported exposure to anti-Semitism on the Internet and on social networks.”

And more: “The survey found a decline in exposure to anti-Semitic [content] on social network accounts: 65% of those polled said they were exposed to pages with anti-Semitic content, compared to 71% in 2016 and 76% in 2014.”