To address the growing impact of artificial intelligence on the fight against online misinformation and antisemitism, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) convened a virtual meeting of its Special Envoys and Coordinators Combating Antisemitism (SECCA) Forum on Tuesday.
Chaired by Katharina von Schnurbein, the European Commission’s coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, the meeting brought together national officials from 15 countries, Jewish community leaders, and WJC experts in online hate speech. The session offered a platform to exchange insights on current initiatives, including findings from the WJC Technology and Human Rights Institute’s recent report, Human vs. AI: Comparison of Online Antisemitism Experience. The study compares the reactions of two Jewish individuals targeted by online antisemitism with how generative AI systems—ChatGPT and Claude—assess the same content.
Participants also heard from Rory Donovan, Incident Response Team Manager at Tech Against Terrorism, an organization focused on disrupting extremist and antisemitic activity online. Donovan highlighted the use of AI and open-source intelligence tools, such as the Terrorist Content Analytics Platform, to monitor and counter digital threats. He emphasized the importance of collaboration with tech platforms, civil society, and law enforcement, underscoring the group’s initiatives in training, intelligence-sharing, and content removal.
Von Schnurbein called on platforms to proactively apply their technologies in compliance with national and regional legislation, warning that “hate speech is the entry door that can lead to terrorist content online.”
The session concluded with plans for a follow-up consultation in June and an in-person gathering scheduled for October 2025.
This SECCA Forum meeting forms part of the EU-supported Bridges Project—a global initiative to connect leading voices from tech, government, and civil society in the shared mission to combat antisemitism.
