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 […]
This past weekend our CEO, Imran Ahmed, and Head of Research, Callum Hood, appeared in Superspreader on FX and Hulu, a documentary by the New York Times Presents on anti-vaxx snake oil salesman, Dr. Joe […]
Throughout this blog series, we’ve set out what the UK’s Online Safety Bill is and does, and how it would help tackle racist hate online. So, how could the Bill protect girls and women from […]
Last week we set out why we needed the UK’s Online Safety Bill and how it would work. But what would the Bill mean day-to-day for users who face online harm? We’re going to start […]
What’s the UK’s Online Safety Bill? The UK’s Online Safety Bill (OSB) aims to hand power from Big Tech companies to ordinary users, holding platforms to account on racist hate, dangerous misinformation and harms to […]
Today is the UN’s first International Day for Countering Hate Speech. Setting out the importance of their new international day, the UN said: Hate speech incites violence and undermines social cohesion and tolerance. The devastating […]
Today, 14 US Senators and 7 Representatives sent a letter to Google CEO, Sundar Pichai questioning the company’s failure to provide women with safe and accurate information regarding abortion services. In their letter, lawmakers cited […]
Our Head of Research, Callum Hood spoke to the Scottish Parliament COVID-19 Recovery Committee about the ongoing battle against anti-vaxx misinformation on social media.
Panel: Bad Actors Introduction Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate Panelists Callum Hood, Center for Countering Digital Hate [Chair] Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Cynthia Miller-Idriss, PERIL, American University Dr. […]
CCDH endorses shareholder resolutions #9 and #14 to bring much needed accountability and oversight as we seek to rein in Mark Zuckerberg’s dangerous mismanagement of Facebook and Instagram. “Mark Zuckerberg’s negligent exercising of his unchecked […]