Overview
- The ADL Center on Extremism’s ‘Digital Couriers’ report, released Jan. 20, finds activists have shared Hamas-produced materials on Telegram, X, and Instagram since Oct. 7, 2023.
- Researchers identify Resistance News Network on Telegram as a prominent English-language hub translating and repackaging terrorist messaging for wider circulation.
- The study documents examples including the Bronx Anti-War Coalition reposting Hamas materials, Barnard activists distributing a Hamas media office document, and SJP chapters at CUNY John Jay, the University of Illinois Chicago, and UC Davis sharing Hamas graphics, quotes, or footage.
- The report says this dissemination reflects an acceptance of violence against civilians and coincides with a heightened threat environment for American Jews.
- ADL calls on platforms to enforce bans on Foreign Terrorist Organization content, urges Congress to pass the Stopping Terrorists Online Presence and Holding Accountable Tech Entities Act, and presses universities to enforce campus rules against distributing terrorist propaganda.