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* ''Malgorithm'' (2021) – a critical analysis of [[Instagram]] and [[Facebook]]’s user engagement and content recommendation algorithm<ref>{{Cite web|last=Campbell|first=Hebe|date=2021-04-27|title=US Congress hearing probes misinformation via social media algorithms|url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/27/us-lawmakers-scrutinise-link-between-misinformation-and-social-media-algorithms|access-date=2021-05-13|website=euronews|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Guenot|first=Marianne|title=Instagram recommendation algorithms are pushing anti-vaxx and QAnon posts, NGO report says|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-algorithms-push-qanon-anti-vaxx-posts-ccdh-charity-2021-3|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Business Insider|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hern|first=Alex|date=2021-03-09|title=Instagram led users to Covid misinformation amid pandemic – report|url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/mar/09/instagram-led-users-to-covid-misinformation-amid-pandemic-report|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-16|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Harpin|first=Lee|date=2021-03-09|title=Instagram's algorithm ‘recommending’ antisemitic imagery and QAnon conspiracies|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/instagram-s-algorithm-recommending-antisemitic-imagery-and-qanon-conspiracies-1.512697|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-13|website=The Jewish Chronicle}}</ref>
* ''Malgorithm'' (2021) – a critical analysis of [[Instagram]] and [[Facebook]]’s user engagement and content recommendation algorithm<ref>{{Cite web|last=Campbell|first=Hebe|date=2021-04-27|title=US Congress hearing probes misinformation via social media algorithms|url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/27/us-lawmakers-scrutinise-link-between-misinformation-and-social-media-algorithms|access-date=2021-05-13|website=euronews|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Guenot|first=Marianne|title=Instagram recommendation algorithms are pushing anti-vaxx and QAnon posts, NGO report says|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-algorithms-push-qanon-anti-vaxx-posts-ccdh-charity-2021-3|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Business Insider|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hern|first=Alex|date=2021-03-09|title=Instagram led users to Covid misinformation amid pandemic – report|url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/mar/09/instagram-led-users-to-covid-misinformation-amid-pandemic-report|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-16|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Harpin|first=Lee|date=2021-03-09|title=Instagram's algorithm ‘recommending’ antisemitic imagery and QAnon conspiracies|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/instagram-s-algorithm-recommending-antisemitic-imagery-and-qanon-conspiracies-1.512697|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-13|website=The Jewish Chronicle}}</ref>
* ''The Disinformation Dozen'' (2021) – identifies the top 12 spreaders of anti-vaccine disinformation on social media platforms as [[Joseph Mercola]], [[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.]], [[Ty Bollinger|Ty and Charlene Bollinger]], [[Sherri Tenpenny]], [[Rizza Islam]], [[Rashid Buttar]], [[Erin Elizabeth]], [[Sayer Ji]], [[Kelly Brogan]], [[Christiane Northrup]], [[Ben Tapper]] and [[Kevin Jenkins]]<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last1=Jarry |first1=Jonathan |title=A Dozen Misguided Influencers Spread Most of the Anti-Vaccination Content on Social Media |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-health/dozen-misguided-influencers-spread-most-anti-vaccination-content-social-media |website=Office for Science and Society |access-date=18 July 2021 |date=31 March 2021}}</ref> The report cites these individuals as responsible for 65% of all anti-vaccination content across [[Facebook]], [[Instagram]] and [[Twitter]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-03-26|title=Covid vaccine: Social media urged to remove 'disinfo dozen'|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56536390|access-date=2021-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Srikanth|first=Anagha|date=2021-03-24|title=12 prominent people opposed to vaccines are responsible for two-thirds of anti-vaccine content online: report|url=https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/544712-twelve-anti-vaxxers-are-responsible-for-two|access-date=2021-05-17|website=TheHill}}</ref>
* ''The Disinformation Dozen'' (2021) – identifies the top 12 spreaders of anti-vaccine disinformation on social media platforms as [[Joseph Mercola]], [[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.]], [[Ty Bollinger|Ty and Charlene Bollinger]], [[Sherri Tenpenny]], [[Rizza Islam]], [[Rashid Buttar]], [[Erin Elizabeth]], [[Sayer Ji]], [[Kelly Brogan]], [[Christiane Northrup]], [[Ben Tapper]] and [[Kevin Jenkins]]<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last1=Jarry |first1=Jonathan |title=A Dozen Misguided Influencers Spread Most of the Anti-Vaccination Content on Social Media |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-health/dozen-misguided-influencers-spread-most-anti-vaccination-content-social-media |website=Office for Science and Society |access-date=18 July 2021 |date=31 March 2021}}</ref> The report cites these individuals as responsible for 65% of all anti-vaccination content across [[Facebook]], [[Instagram]] and [[Twitter]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-03-26|title=Covid vaccine: Social media urged to remove 'disinfo dozen'|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56536390|access-date=2021-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Srikanth|first=Anagha|date=2021-03-24|title=12 prominent people opposed to vaccines are responsible for two-thirds of anti-vaccine content online: report|url=https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/544712-twelve-anti-vaxxers-are-responsible-for-two|access-date=2021-05-17|website=TheHill}}</ref>
* ''Disinformation Dozen: the Sequel'' (2021) – reports on the failures of social media giants to remove anti-vaccine content<ref>{{Cite web|last=Papenfuss|first=Mary|date=2021-05-14|title=12 Influencers Are Behind Most Anti-Vax Hoaxes On Social Media, Surprise Research Reveals|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anti-vaccine-disinformation-dozen-social-media-influencers-covid-19_n_609f0d84e4b03e1dd389db79|access-date=2021-05-17|website=HuffPost|language=en}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 16:06, 18 September 2021

"CCDH" redirects here. For the Moroccan human rights organization, see National Human Rights Council (Morocco).
Center for Countering Digital Hate
Company typePrivate company limited by guarantee
Founded2018[1]
FounderImran Ahmed[2]
Headquarters
London Edit this on Wikidata
Key people
Imran Ahmed (CEO)
Tom Brookes
Simon Clark (Chair)
Damian Collins MP
Kirsty McNeill
Siobhan McAndrew
Lord Jonathan Oates
Ayesha Saran[3]
Revenue400,000 Euro (2020) Edit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.counterhate.co.uk

The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) is a non-profit organisation with offices in London and Washington, DC.[4] It campaigns for big tech firms to stop providing services to individuals who may promote hate and misinformation, including neo-Nazis and anti-vaccine advocates.

CCDH is a member of the Stop Hate For Profit coalition.[5]

Activities

The CCDH has targeted social media platforms for what it claims are insufficient efforts on their part to fight neo-Nazis[6] and anti-vaccine advocates.[7]

Campaigns

Campaign against Galloway and Hopkins

Further information: Twitter suspensions

In January 2020, the CCDH campaigned against Katie Hopkins, a far-right political commentator, and George Galloway, a veteran left-wing politician and broadcaster.[8] TV presenter Rachel Riley and the CCDH directly lobbied "big tech" companies to have these individuals removed from major social media platforms. According to media reports, Riley and Imran Ahmed had a "secret meeting" with Twitter's London based staff in January 2020, demanding the removal of Hopkins and Galloway from their platform.[9]

CCDH's attempt to remove Galloway from Twitter failed, but Hopkins had her account suspended for a week in February 2020,[10] and removed permanently in July 2020.[11]

Campaign against David Icke

In April 2020 the CCDH launched a campaign against the British conspiracy theorist David Icke, who gained increased media attention during the COVID-19-associated lockdown in the United Kingdom.[12] The CCDH released a 25-page pamphlet attacking Icke entitled #DeplatformIcke[13] and campaigned to persuade social media platforms to remove his accounts, portraying him as a "hate actor".

In November 2020, Twitter removed Icke's account for violating the site's rules against spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic.[14]

Other campaigns

The CCDH notified Google that the Zero Hedge website had published what it called "racist articles" about the Black Lives Matter protests. As a result, in June 2020, Google found that reader comments on Zero Hedge breached its policies and banned Zero Hedge from its advertising platform.[15]

Publications

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Our People". Center for Countering Digital Hate. 26 May 2020.
  3. ^ "CENTER FOR COUNTERING DIGITAL HATE LTD". Officers (free information from Companies House). 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  4. ^ "About Us". The Center for Countering Digital Hate. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. ^ Frazer, Jenni. "'The reason social media companies tolerate hate? Profit'". jewishnews.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  6. ^ "Facebook Still Ignoring Warnings of Neo-Nazi Fundraising Network on Its Platforms, New Report Claims". Algemeiner.com. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  7. ^ Burki, Talha (2020-10-01). "The online anti-vaccine movement in the age of COVID-19". The Lancet Digital Health. 2 (10): e504–e505. doi:10.1016/S2589-7500(20)30227-2. ISSN 2589-7500. PMC 7508526. PMID 32984795.
  8. ^ "George Galloway sacked by talkRADIO over allegedly anti-Semitic tweet". BBC. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Countdown's Rachel Riley in secret talks over Katie Hopkins' Twitter suspension". Metro. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Katie Hopkins' Twitter Reinstated Following Week-Long Absence". Huffington Post. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  11. ^ Slawson, Nicola; Waterson, Jim (19 June 2020). "Katie Hopkins permanently removed from Twitter". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Icke antisemitic conspiracies viewed over 30 million times, new research shows". The Jewish Chronicle. 10 May 2020.
  13. ^ "#DeplatformIcke: How Big Tech powers and profits from David Icke's lies and hate, and why it must stop" (PDF). Center for Countering Digital Hate. 10 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Twitter bans David Icke over Covid misinformation". BBC News. 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  15. ^ Fraser, Adele-Momoko (17 June 2020). "Google bans website ZeroHedge from its ad platform over comments on protest articles". NBC News. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Don't feed the Troll: Sadiq Khan, Gary Lineker and Rachel Riley pledged not to publicise abuse they receive online". The Independent. 10 May 2020.
  17. ^ "How to Deal With Hate on Social Media: Don't Feed the Trolls". NHS Horizons. 10 May 2020.
  18. ^ "Gary Lineker and Rachel Riley are silencing trolls once and for all - by doing this one simple thing". Birmingham Mail. 10 May 2020.
  19. ^ "Stop engaging with online trolls altogether, public figures say". The Guardian. 10 May 2020.
  20. ^ Ahmed, Imran (2020-07-07). "It's time the tech giants cracked down on the anti-vaxx infodemic". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  21. ^ "Facebook to 'take down' coronavirus misinformation". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  22. ^ "Social media companies 'failing to act on 90% of Covid-19 misinformation'". ITV News. 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  23. ^ "Social media firms fail to act on Covid-19 fake news". BBC News. 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  24. ^ Brown, Kristen V. "A Look Inside the Anti-Vaxx Playbook". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2021-05-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ^ "Facebook condemned for hosting neo-Nazi network with UK links". the Guardian. 2020-11-22. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  26. ^ Reporter, Metro Science (2020-09-03). "Social media 'failed to remove 95% of anti-vaccine misinformation'". Metro. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  27. ^ Campbell, Hebe (2021-04-27). "US Congress hearing probes misinformation via social media algorithms". euronews. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  28. ^ Guenot, Marianne. "Instagram recommendation algorithms are pushing anti-vaxx and QAnon posts, NGO report says". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  29. ^ Hern, Alex (2021-03-09). "Instagram led users to Covid misinformation amid pandemic – report". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  30. ^ Harpin, Lee (2021-03-09). "Instagram's algorithm 'recommending' antisemitic imagery and QAnon conspiracies". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-05-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  31. ^ Jarry, Jonathan (31 March 2021). "A Dozen Misguided Influencers Spread Most of the Anti-Vaccination Content on Social Media". Office for Science and Society. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  32. ^ "Covid vaccine: Social media urged to remove 'disinfo dozen'". BBC News. 2021-03-26. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  33. ^ Srikanth, Anagha (2021-03-24). "12 prominent people opposed to vaccines are responsible for two-thirds of anti-vaccine content online: report". TheHill. Retrieved 2021-05-17.

Further reading

External links

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