Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has praised the Hungarian-built AI tool that helps detect antisemitic content online and has urged European countries to adopt it, The Jerusalem Post reports.
‘Antisemitic hatred, both online and offline, impacts not only Jewish communities abroad but also Israel’s security. The drastic rise in hate crimes requires comprehensive institutional protection,’ the Prime Minister has stated.
PM Netanyahu was briefed on the new tool by Kálmán Szalai, President of the Budapest, Hungary-based Jewish special interest group Action and Protection Foundation (TEV). It scans the main social media platforms for antisemitic rhetoric and flags any objectionable content.
Szalai also mentioned, according to The Jerusalem Post, that education and media literacy are included in the initiative to tackle anti-Jewish hatred on social media. TEV conducts classroom programmes that educate students on identifying traditional and contemporary antisemitic stereotypes, frequently masked as anti-Zionism, along with guidance on how to report such incidents.
He also shared that the AI tool is currently in use in the European countries of Germany and Austria, and the developers are planning on expanding to the other EU nations as well.
Hungary has made extensive efforts to curb antisemitism in the country. Antisemitic incidents have increased drastically in Europe and North America following the 7 October attacks by Hamas on Israel. Pro-Palestine protests have also become commonplace, especially on college campuses. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary, by contrast, has banned such demonstrations in his country.
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