Far-Right Influencers on X Promote Anti-Zionism, Hate and Conspiracy Theories

An analysis by the ADL Center on Extremism identified five influencers on X whose engagement spiked in the days and weeks after Hamas’s attack on Israel, with content that included virulent anti-Zionism alongside antisemitic tropes, disinformation and other forms of hateful or harmful rhetoric.

In the six months following October 7, 2023, the combined audience engagement on X for these five influencers—Jackson Hinkle, Lucas Gage, Jake Shields, Sam Parker and CensoredMen—increased by over 1070% when compared to engagement six months prior to the attacks. Engagement includes replies, reposts and quote posts.

Not all engagement is positive, or an endorsement of a poster’s views. However, increased engagement typically leads to more visibility for problematic or extremist content.

Each influencer has demonized both Zionism and Israel since October 7, and many of their related posts have been viewed tens of thousands – or even millions – of times. As users from across the political spectrum amplify content from these influencers, they boost a network of conspiracy theorists and extremists who promote overt antisemitism, anti-LGBTQ+ hate, white supremacy, foreign disinformation and more.

Influencers

Jackson Hinkle – over 2.6 million followers on X 
Jackson Hinkle is a far-right commentator and influencer who has posted extensive anti-Zionist, antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.   

 
Before October 7, Hinkle promoted fringe theories like “MAGA communism”—an incoherent and poorly defined political philosophy that advocates for former president Donald Trump and his working-class followers to dismantle the so-called “global elites.” Hinkle has also parroted talking points from foreign disinformation propagandists, boosted conspiratorial claims about George Soros and made hateful comments toward the LGBTQ+ community.   

 
Since October 7, much of his high-engagement content has centered around demonizing Israel and Zionism. He has also gained a significant number of new followers; the New York Times reported that Hinkle’s following on X “surged to 2.5 million from 417,000 in the six months since Oct. 7.” 

Significantly, Hinkle was one of the key promoters of the narrative denying that Israeli victims were sexually assaulted during and after the October 7 attacks. He has even expressed overt support for Hamas on X, referring to the terror group as “armed resistance.”  Hinkle also celebrated Iran’s April 2024 drone and missile attack against Israel.

Jackson Hinkle expresses support for Hamas, defending their acts of so-called “resistance.” Source: X

In one post from October 2023, which has over 18 million views and 332K likes, Hinkle shared a list of unrelated events that “they” supposedly lied about, including COVID, Russia, the Ukraine war and the ongoing crisis in Gaza.

Hinkle lists events that the powers-that-be have supposedly lied about. Source: X

In April 2024, Hinkle replied to a video of Shira Guez, an Israeli student at Columbia University, who was filmed while addressing an anti-Israel encampment on campus. In his response, he referred to Guez as a “zio bitch.”

Hinkle responding to a video of Israeli student Shira Guez. Source: X

Lucas Gage is a far-right, overtly antisemitic influencer who has been spreading false narratives about Jews since long before the start of the Israel-Hamas war, along with blatantly conspiratorial claims about Israel. 

Prior to October 7, Gage posted repeatedly on X about Holocaust denial and the dangers of “Jewish supremacy,” promoting long-standing antisemitic tropes about Jews being deceitful and having a disproportionate amount of global power. Since October 7, he has used anti-Zionist terms and “logic” to dehumanize Zionists and Jews. 

In one post from December 2023—which garnered more than 1.7 million views and 74K likes—Gage referred to Zionists as “the scum of humanity.” In another, he called upon people to shame Zionists until “they develop PTSD and are afraid to even leave their house,” adding that Zionists should only be found “in a ditch.” 

 

Lucas Gage calls for the torment of Zionists. Source: X

 

In a post from April 2024, Gage also claimed that many Zionists are pedophiles and that all Zionists are worse than pedophiles because they “blow children up.”

 

Lucas Gage claims that “Zionists are worse than pedophiles” because they “blow up children.” Source: X

 

In June 2024, Gage attended a far-right gathering in Detroit as a replacement for the 2024 America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC), which was cancelled by the venue at the last minute. Led by white supremacist and antisemitic influencer Nick Fuentes, attendees included Sulaiman Ahmed, an anti-Zionist commentator and promoter of disinformation related to the Israel-Hamas war, and David Duke, white supremacist and former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. 
 
In early July 2024, Gage shared on X that he has been repeatedly swatted and harassed at his family home. He attributed this to Jews and posted videos of himself slashing the Israeli flag and burning a  Jewish religious book. On July 7, Gage was reportedly suspended from X for six months. According to X Chairman and CTO Elon Musk, the suspension was triggered by Gage’s “repeated and clear calls for violence” on the platform.  
 

Jake Shields – over 706K followers on X 

Jake Shields is a former MMA fighter who has gained popularity as a far-right influencer on X since October 7. He has a history of espousing a range of hateful tropes and narratives including antisemitism, anti-Zionism, the Great Replacement theory, anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and more. Notably, Shields also attended Fuentes’s Detroit AFPAC-replacement gathering in June 2024. 

Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, Shields has focused heavily on promoting falsehoods about Zionists, Zionism and Israel—suggesting in one May 2024 post on X that Zionists are inherent liars who pretend to be victims of hate crimes. That post has more than 680K views and 27K likes.

 

Jake Shields promotes trope that all Zionists are liars. Source X

 

In another post, which has been viewed more than 1.3 million times and has and 21K likes, Shields suggested that Jews control America—based largely on the false claim that Congress is “making it illegal to question Jewish power.”

 

Jake Shields alleges that Jews control America and Congress. Source: X

 

Sam Parker – over 141K followers on X 
Sam Parker is a failed 2018 U.S. Senate candidate (Utah), conspiracy theorist and antisemite with a large social media fanbase on mainstream platforms. He posts frequently on more fringe social media platforms as well—including Gab, where his content includes overtly white supremacist rhetoric and blatant antisemitism. Parker also attended Fuentes’s Detroit gathering in June 2024.

Several of Parker’s pre-October 7 posts promote racist, xenophobic content, including conspiracy theories like the Great Replacement. In one post from September 2023, he suggested that an ethnically and racially diverse population would “transform the country into a leftist dystopia.”  

 

After October 7, Parker switched gears on X to focus on downplaying antisemitism and demonizing Zionists. In a post from November 2023—which has over 1.4 million views and 35K likes—Parker downplayed the plight of hostages who were kidnapped by Hamas and subsequently released, suggesting that “every hostage released is a Zionist lie debunked.” In a post from December 2023, Parker alleged that claims of antisemitism are often invalid, and that the United States should be more concerned about “Anti-White-ism.”

 

Sam Parker suggests that Zionists lied about the suffering of hostages. Source: X

 

In April of 2024, Parker posted about the so-called “Zionist Occupied Media.” Tropes suggesting the presence of “Zionist occupied” industries invoke myths about Jewish power, and are employed frequently by antisemites and white supremacists, who often use the same phrase to describe the government.

 

Sam Parker suggests the presence of a “Zionist Occupied Media.” Source: X

 

CensoredMen – more than a million followers on X

CensoredMen is an anonymous far-right account on X that has been cited by major news outlets as one of the most prominent spreaders of mis- and disinformation about the Israel-Hamas war.

Prior to October 7, CensoredMen often posted content promoting conspiracy theories, demonizing transgender people and defending problematic figures such as Andrew Tate—the misogynistic “manosphere” influencer who was indicted on charges of sex trafficking and rape in 2023.

Since October 7, the account has regularly spread false narratives about Israel, including the claim that “Israel’s greatest ally” was Jewish financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—in a post that amassed more than two million views. False narratives calling Epstein a “Mossad asset” are commonly employed by far-right influencers, antisemites and anti-Zionist conspiracy theorists.  

 

CensoredMen alleges that Jeffrey Epstein was “Israel’s greatest ally.” Source: X

 

CensoredMen has also shared demonizing rhetoric and ignorant claims about Jews and Zionism. In March 2024, the account shared a conspiratorial post suggesting that the “Jewish-Zionist lobby” was spearheading and financing the proposed TikTok ban—a topic that prompted a flood of antisemitic narratives among conspiracy theorists and extremists.  
 
In a May 2024 post, which accumulated more than 3.9 million views and 15K likes, the account referred to an eruv in Manhattan as “The Jewish Wire,” calling it an “interesting loophole.” Comments on CensoredMen’s post suggest that this tactic proves that observant Jews are elites trying to deceive God. An Eruv is a thin string or wire, often hung near telephone or electric poles, that encompasses Jewish homes enabling religious Jews to carry certain items on the Sabbath.

 

CensoredMen calls an eruv a “Jewish Wire.” Source: X