Center for Countering Digital Hate
Fake Image Factory: How AI image generators threaten election integrity and democracy (Center for Countering Digital Hate)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 03/06/2024 - 11:52Israel-Gaza crisis: X fails to remove 98% of posts reported by the CCDH for hate and extremism (Center for Countering Digital Hate)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Tue, 11/14/2023 - 13:07
Self-Proclaimed “Free Speech Absolutist” Elon Musk Tries to Silence Independent Researchers Center for Countering Digital Hate
The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) has been a leading voice exposing how Musk’s leadership and the changes he is making to “X” have led to a proliferation of hate speech on the platform. While Musk proclaims himself to be an advocate for free speech, his latest tactics involve making brazen verbal and legal threats against CCDH, all while allowing racist, antisemitic content to proliferate on his platform. Rese
Profiting from Deceit: How Google Profits from Anti-Choice Ads Distorting Searches for Reproductive Healthcare (Center for Countering Digital Hate)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Thu, 06/15/2023 - 14:14
Toxic Twitter: How Twitter Generates Millions in Ad Revenue by Brining Back Banned Accounts
Since announcing his policy of a “general amnesty” for banned Twitter users in November 2022, Elon Musk has reinstated tens of thousands of accounts, including neo-Nazis, white supremacists, misogynists, and spreaders of dangerous conspiracy theories. Now new research by the Center for Countering Digital Hate estimates the value of these reinstatements to Twitter, providing further evidence that Musk’s decision to welcome them back is driven by a desperate drive for revenues. By analyzing new publicly available figures on tweet impressions, the Center estimates that just ten reinstated acco