Collage of posts on X encouraging users to join UpScrolled to spite the Jews.
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“F--- the jews! Find me on UpScrolled,” proclaimed one antisemitic influencer last month to her 1.3 million followers on X.
UpScrolled, a social media platform launched in June 2025 in response to purported suppression of speech on other platforms, attracted just 20,000 users in its first two months, growing to 150,000 by January 2026. But following panicked and conspiratorial claims about changes to TikTok’s U.S. operating structure, UpScrolled’s user base exploded to 2.5 million by February 1.
The site has become a haven for antisemites, extremists, foreign terrorist organizations, anti-Zionists and those looking to fight back against what some are calling “Jewish censorship” online. UpScrolled is supported by Tech for Palestine (T4P), a nonprofit that has also supported initiatives such as the coordinated anti-Israel Wikipedia editing campaign on Discord, and Reverse Canary Mission, a website that lists and aims to “expose” Zionist or pro-Israel individuals.
Despite a list of violative categories on its “Rules and Policies” page, which explicitly forbid violent or hateful content, the company does not seem to be taking action to crack down on hate and extremism on its platform. During initial enforcement testing conducted by ADL experts, the site failed to take action on the 18 pieces of potentially violative content reported on the platform.
Antisemitic and Extremist Users
Influencers who regularly promote overt anti-Jewish hate have joined UpScrolled, including prominent antisemitic users like Lucas Gage, Jake Shields, Sam Parker and Stew Peters. Notably, Gage and Shields are both “verified” users with a blue checkmark on the platform, which, according to UpScrolled’s FAQs, “may improve visibility,” as “verified accounts are more likely to be shown or recommended across the platform.”
On X, some of these influencers have promoted the app and shared links to their new UpScrolled profiles, often advertising it as a means to push back against so-called Zionist or Jewish control of social media. Shields celebrated the platform, expressing hope that it would remain “a truly free speech app that won’t bend to the Jewish ruling class.” Anti-Zionist and antisemitic influencer Anastasia Maria Loupis simply posted a QR code to her profile along with, “Fuck the jews! Find me on UpScrolled.”
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Anastasia Maria Loupis using antisemitism to advertise UpScrolled account.
On UpScrolled itself, these individuals have not held back on their hateful content. Gage posted an AI-generated song, created with music generator Suno, which included lyrics like “Jews can easily destroy my life” and “never forget you’re ruled by Jews.” Sam Parker — who attended the disturbing “Jewish Problem” Conference in 2024 — has already published several posts demonizing Jews and Zionists, including one that minimized the plight of Jewish victims during the Holocaust.
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A post by Sam Parker on UpScrolled, minimizing Jewish victims in the Holocaust.
Other UpScrolled accounts appear to be affiliated with known extremist groups. One video, posted by an account named for a White Lives Matter chapter, shows an individual distributing white supremacist propaganda. Another white supremacist account, created by publisher Antelope Hill, has posted content promoting its extremist publications.
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A post by account “WLM Pennsylvania” showing offline distribution of antisemitic propaganda.
Policy and Enforcement
On its website, UpScrolled describes the site as being “never biased” and having “fair algorithms.” The site promises not to censor opinions. Their community standards include a “no hate speech” stance, prohibiting “attacks based on race, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, or similar traits.” They also explicitly state that “support for terrorist/violent groups” is not permitted on the platform.
Yet in a round of user-end moderation testing, ADL analysts flagged 18 examples of problematic content — nine users who promote overt extremism, antisemitism, anti-Zionism or support for terrorist organizations, as well as nine problematic posts from their profiles. Content ranged from promoting terror organizations like Hamas, to defending Hitler, to boosting white supremacist propaganda. Several days later, the platform has yet to take action on or respond to any of these flags.
Recent posts from UpScrolled indicate the company is aware of these shortcomings. On January 31, it acknowledged in a post on the platform that there is content on UpScrolled that “clearly violates” its community guidelines, encouraging users to continue reporting it and noting that efforts are being made to scale up “moderation capacity.”
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An UpScrolled post on its account about violative content.
Anti-Zionist and Anti-Israel Users
Several anti-Israel influencers, including Guy Christensen, Moath Hamzeh, and Palestine News Network (PNN), have encouraged their followers to join the platform and move away from TikTok, as well as other mainstream platforms where they feel they’ve been unjustly penalized. Hamzeh and PNN, for example, have had multiple accounts banned from Instagram and TikTok. While Christensen is still on TikTok and X, he actively encourages his followers to move to UpScrolled.
In a January 2026 post on Upscrolled, Hamzeh made disparaging and false claims about the Talmud, connecting it to “Epstein Island” and “child sacrifice.”
Other users have expressed overt support for terrorist organizations such as Hamas. Fernando Islas, an associate of PNN, posted a tattoo featuring an image of deceased Hamas spokesperson Huthayfa Samir Abdallah al-Kahlout, also known as Abu Obaida. He captioned the post, “all glory to the martyrs, to include the honorable Abu Obeida.” Other users have posted romanticized video montages of Hamas fighters, collages of various terrorist fighters glorifying their activities in the West Bank and AI-generated images of various terrorist organizations working together. One account even went so far as to claim the username “AlMoqawmaHAMAS,” used the terrorist group’s logo as its profile picture and linked out to the official Hamas website.
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A screenshot from a romanticized video of Hamas fighters.
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), a United States "Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons" entity, also created an account on UpScrolled, where communications from the organization are posted. Other problematic users on the platform who explicitly support terrorist organizations, spread their propaganda or encourage offline activity include Resistance News Network (RNN) and Direct Action Movement for the Liberation of Palestine (DAMPL).
Well-known Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS/IL) media channel al-Furqan media also has an account on the platform. In addition to antisemitic materials, this account has also approvingly reposted at least one Palestinian Islamic Jihad press release. ISIS is both a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity and a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).
Backlash to TikTok Changes and Tech for Palestine’s Impact
TikTok USDS is now owned by several investors including Oracle, a technology company co-founded by Larry Ellison, a public and vocal supporter of Israel. On X, posts about UpScrolled have increased substantially following the TikTok announcement, garnering over 300K mentions.
According to UpScrolled founder Issam Hijazi, the platform was initially founded in response to social media companies allegedly "censoring" speech related to the Israel-Hamas conflict, Black Lives Matter, and the LGBTQ community.
UpScrolled is an incubator project of Tech for Palestine (T4P), a nonprofit led by Paul Biggar, a software engineer and technology company founder. Incubated projects receive marketing assistance, mentorship, coaching, and small grants. Other T4P initiatives have targeted pro-Israel and Zionist individuals and businesses, and upended Wikipedia moderation about the Israel-Hamas conflict and Jewish history.
Two of T4P’s supported projects include Reverse Canary Mission, which lists individuals and statements of pro-Israel and Zionist individuals and their social media handles to block them, and the Wikipedia Discord channel, which organized and recruited volunteers to systematically make anti-Israel and anti-Zionist edits, reshaping the narrative on Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to promote pro-Hamas, pro-terrorist views.
The harmful posts and users that continue to gain traction on UpScrolled are important reminders that content moderation is not censorship, but a critical tool in building safe and equitable communities online. If platforms implement and value community guidelines, they must also enforce them.