New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing questions about his relationship with Uncivilized Media, a Qatar-based controversial outlet that has been accused of spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories.Mamdani sat with the Uncivilized Media in 2023, and Fox News Digital found that he was still following the account on Instagram as of July 24, 2026.However, he appeared to have unfollowed the account, and as of July 27, 2026, he was no longer listed as a follower on Instagram.
However, clips from his interview with Uncivilized Media were shared as collaborative posts on Instagram, meaning they appeared on both Mamdani's account and the outlet's account.The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and other experts on online antisemitism say that Uncivilized Media has produced content accusing Jews and Israelis of seeking global domination, being inherently colonialist and controlling the media, among other conspiracy theories.The organization noted several examples of what it said was Uncivilized Media pushing antisemitic tropes, including a July 2026 video in which Uncivilized Media accused Israelis of attempting to "colonize the world."MAMDANI’S ‘DERANGED’ ISRAEL TAKE RESURFACES AS HE TARGETS NETANYAHUNYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing scrutiny over resurfaced clips of him sitting with an outlet that has been accused of spreading antisemitic conspiracies.
(Camara Porter/AdMedia/Sipa USA via Reuters)Oren Segal, the ADL's senior vice president of counter-extremism and intelligence, told Fox News Digital that Uncivilized Media routinely promotes "classic tropes about Jews" in its content.He said that while the outlet's interviews with Mamdani did not focus on these conspiracies, some Jewish New Yorkers have wondered how exactly the mayor's views diverge from those held by the outlet."When one appears on any platform, it kind of normalizes the rest of the content that is out there," Segal told Fox News Digital, adding that neither he nor the ADL were accusing Mamdani of ...