AJC’s Engagement with Tech, Social Media, and AI Companies
American Jewish Committee (AJC) is a trusted global partner for social media companies, providing early warning insights, policy expertise, and community impact data while delivering practical tools—from direct flagging channels to tailored trainings—that help platforms detect and address antisemitism more effectively, strengthen content moderation, and build trust with users worldwide.
We are trusted flaggers or early warning partners for social media companies, meaning we have direct access channels to report issues with content moderation and violations of community guidelines, standards, and policies.
We regularly engage with leaders at the world’s top tech, social media, and AI companies to advance policy changes that roll back or prevent the spread of antisemitism online.
We contribute to policy development by raising awareness of antisemitism and its various manifestations.
For example, through Meta’s Policy Forum, AJC shared how the word “Zionist” is often used as coded language to attack Jews and Israelis and about the offline harm this proxy language has on Jewish life around the world. AJC, along with other stakeholders, contributed to Meta’s 2024 policy to remove content targeting “Zionists” when the term is used to refer to Jews and Israelis with dehumanizing comparisons, calls for harm, or denials of existence.
We publish extensively researched data on American Jews’ perceptions of and experiences with antisemitism online and on specific social media platforms, and where the general U.S. public sees antisemitism. We also partner with data scientists to measure online antisemitic content’s reach and demographic trends in order to share with the companies.
We deliver trainings on antisemitism to policy and trust and safety teams, including partnering with external experts on specific platforms to develop trainings that keep the company’s mission and culture in mind and are tailored to fit the company’s needs.
We provide educational resources on antisemitism, such as Translate Hate, a visual glossary that explains how tropes, words, and symbols can be antisemitic and hide in plain sight, from ancient and medieval tropes to contemporary examples; such as harmful Jewish stereotypes; Holocaust denial and distortion; and violent event denial, including 10/7 denial; amongst others. Companies use these resources to better understand coded language and symbols in their content moderation.
We bring delegations of leaders from tech, social media, and AI companies to Israel through AJC Project Interchange. These trips help companies’ senior officials develop a better understanding of Jewish history, identity, and heritage. Through on the ground experiences and firsthand accounts, participants learn about the Jewish community and its diversity, what Israel means to Jews, and the line between criticism of Israel and antisemitism.
