The UK government has brought back a revamped and significantly changed Online Safety Bill. But what do these changes mean? At its core, there are clear protections for children and newly strengthened laws against the […]
In the face of criticism about a recent rise of hateful language on Twitter, Elon Musk claimed that Twitter’s “strong commitment to content moderation remains absolutely unchanged”. He also claimed that, at times last week, […]
“Google has repeatedly promised to stop profiting from climate change disinformation. Our latest research shows that Google has broken this promise, and continues to profit by helping some of the world’s worst polluters to distort […]
12 of the world’s leading advocacy groups have joined the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) to demand that Cloudflare stop providing technology support and infrastructure services to a group of sites run by extremist […]
CCDH has sent a letter to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince demanding to take action on incel sites supported by Cloudflare’s technology. Our letter has been signed by twelve more organizations who are concerned about the […]
Google is failing to apply disclaimer labels to ads for anti-abortion fake clinics that target users who search for abortion services like Planned Parenthood, according to a new analysis by the Center for Countering Digital […]
An in-depth study of the most influential and largest incel forum (which we call the ‘Incel Forum’) by the Center for Countering Digital Hate’s Quant Lab has exposed a 59% increase in mentions of mass […]
Throughout this blog series, you’ve learnt what the UK’s Online Safety Bill is and does, and how it would help tackle online racist hate, abuse of women and health misinformation. So, how could the Bill […]
We welcome the White House’s new Principles for Enhancing Competition and Tech Platform Accountability. Many of these Principles are reflected in our STAR Framework for measuring global efforts for legislative reform – which we have […]
Recently, the Center for Countering Digital Hate, in partnership with the Human Rights Campaign, launched a new report finding Twitter and Facebook are failing to enforce Community Standards amid a spike in online Anti-LGBTQ+ hate […]
Last week our campaigning culminated in hard-fought wins. In June, we exposed that 37% of Google Maps results for abortion clinics actually led to anti-abortion fake clinics, many of which offered no abortion services at […]
Last time we explored how the UK’s Online Safety Bill might help protect women and girls from an epidemic of misogynist abuse online. Today, we’re diving into how the Bill could work to protect users […]