Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a two-part series focusing on the legal profession’s response to allegations of hate speech and antisemitism.

Hate speech has always been an ugly mainstay of the American social media landscape. But as war rages in the Middle East, and the owners of behemoth platforms like X and TikTok take an increasingly hands-off approach to content management, that sad aspect of online interaction has lately gone into overdrive.