ncri reports
The Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) provides pioneering technology, research, and analysis to identify and forecast cyber-social threats targeting individuals, organizations, and communities.
The NCRI is committed to empowering partners to become proactive in protecting themselves against false narratives that create rifts of distrust that impact institutions, capital markets, public health, and safety.
JULY 12
2024
NEWSWEEK ARTICLE | NCRI positions modern antisemitism as a national security threat, influenced by global political dynamics.
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What is driving the massive surge of antisemitism we have seen since last October’s campaign of terror by Palestinian terror group Hamas and Israel’s ensuing offensive in the Gaza Strip? At least part of the answer is Iran.
DECEMBER 5
2023
The Anti-Transparency Portal
A Financial-Analytic, Data Driven Review of Obscurities, Inconsistencies and Failures of Compliance Facing Section 117 Reporting of Foreign Gifts and Donations Received by American Colleges and Universities.
Recent implementations by Department of Education 117 reporting after September 2020 make vast amounts of data impossible to fully and accurately resolve.
july 27
2023
7/27/23 – Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, and the Polarization Pendulum
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The belief that Jews have a right to self-determination in the land of Israel has invited objection since before Israel’s founding in 1948.
Often couched in familiar antisemitic accusations of Jewish supremacy, bloodlust, and covert dominance, a narrative of heroic resistance to these antisemitic themes paints anti Zionism with hues of social justice and solidarity....
may 11
2023
The “Synagogue of Satan”:Uniting Extremist Groups in the Revival of an Antisemitic Libel Online
Mentions of “synagogue” on Twitter have doubled on average since October 2022, with surges in negative sentiment for comments containing the term during the same period.
The “Synagogue of Satan” is an antisemitic libel, accounting lately for nearly 20% of all comments mentioning the term “synagogue” on Twitter and is often accompanied by calls for…
January 17
2023
Memes, Misses, and Mobilizations: An Analysis of the 2021 Hamas/Israel Conflict
In this report, we juxtapose the delivery of hashtag campaigns with the delivery of missiles and real-world protests in a single ecosystem of reactivity.
The aim of this report is to examine the relationship of outbursts of Middle East. conflict, rises in antisemitic and anti-zionist rhetoric, social justice outrage, anti-Israel protests and real-world antisemitic incidents.
DECEMBER 15
2020
Antisemitic Disinformation: A Study of the Online Dissemination of Anti-Jewish Conspiracy Theories
The disinformation by which Jews have been presented throughout history as the scourge of humanity, antisemitic disinformation, has been expressed in terms of threats to religion, science, power, dominant ethnic groups, nation-states, and in more modern iterations, as threats to human rights and racial justice.