Bill C-292
Algorithmic Transparency and Non-Discrimination
What is Bill C-292, why is it important, and why is it an important step towards algorithmic transparency?
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Research + Policy
Here you will find all of CCDH's research papers and investigations into online hate and misinformation. As well as our policy ideas about how we can tackle the systems and bad actors who spread hate and misinformation.
Substack & anti-vaxx newsletters
Who are the anti-vaxx Substack millionaires?
The subscription newsletter platform Substack generates at least $2.5 million a year from five popular anti-vaccine newsletters, of which 10% goes to the company itself and 90% to the authors.
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The Disinformation Dozen
Why platforms must act on twelve leading online anti-vaxxers
Just twelve anti-vaxxers are responsible for almost two-thirds of anti‑vaccine content circulating on social media platforms. This new analysis of content posted or shared to social media over 812,000 times between February and March uncovers how a tiny group of determined anti-vaxxers is responsible for a tidal wave of disinformation—and shows how platforms can fix it by enforcing their standards.
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Failure to Act
How Tech Giants Continue to Defy Calls to Rein in Vaccine Misinformation
Vaccines are among the safest, most effective and consequential inventions in medical history. They have saved countless people from disease and death. And yet, despite scientific consensus, vaccines are opposed by a growing social media ecosystem of Counter Enlightenment actors, snake oil salesmen and the misinformed
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Deplatform Icke
How Big Tech powers and profits from David Icke’s lies and hate, and why it must stop.
Read our report on David Icke, the hate actor, conspiracy theorist and spreader of COVID misinformation. Icke has been embraced by Big Tech firms, which both power and profit from his hate and misinformation. The report also details Icke’s long history of using social media to promote his racism, attacking Jewish people, Muslims and migrants.
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How to Deal With Coronavirus Misinformation
#DontSpreadtheVirus
Don't Spread the Virus is an evidence-driven approach to countering the scourge of misinformation on Coronavirus online, on social media and messaging apps. Follow the guidance, which is endorsed by the UK Government, to drown out misinformation with information that keeps us safe.
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