The Washington, DC-based Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) said it tracked posts that explicitly dehumanised, excluded, and incited violence against Muslims from 1 January to 5 March.

On the day the war began, the volume of such posts surged from just under 2,000 per day to more than 6,000, the report said. "Reposts dramatically amplify the visibility of harmful content, allowing it to spread far beyond the original accounts that generated it."

With reposts included, "the total mention volume of Islamophobic content rises to 279,417, representing an 11-fold amplification of the harmful original posts".

The content examined by CSOH encompassed a wide swath that included everything from personal hate-fuelled opinions to calls for lawmakers to institute strict anti-Muslim policy, including a "Muslim Exclusion Act" and the deportation of all Muslims.

'Sharp spike' in anti-Muslim posts on X since US-Israel war on Iran, study shows

There has been a "sharp spike" in anti-Muslim posts on Elon Musk's X platform since the US and Israel began their joint war on Iran on 28 February, a social media monitor revealed on Monday.

^{MEE staff (Middle East Eye)}