"X as a platform is uniquely vulnerable to massive-scale disinformation because they have basically abandoned enforcement of their rules." Our CEO Imran Ahmed in The New York Times (@nytopinionon) on Musk's platform role in enabling far-right riots across the UK⤵️ nytimes.com/2024/08/12/opi…

So fascinating (and hopeful!) to sit down with Imran Ahmed from Center for Countering Digital Hate to talk about social media's role in the far right riots and what we need to do about it, as the first edition in a new series of the Larger Us Podcast buzzsprout.com/1738464/155711…

"When we can't tell lies from truth, that leads to apathy. And apathy is the greatest enemy of democracy." Watch our CEO Imran Ahmed on MSNBC's Deadline White House on how Elon Musk's X is turning a blind eye to false election claims, especially the ones posted by the billionaire.

🚨 NEW: Instagram failed to act on 93% of the abusive comments targeting high-profile US women candidates we reported, including death & r*pe threats. Meta must step up to protect women and public officials ahead of the US election. More in CNBC 👇 cnbc.com/2024/08/14/ins…

Once again, ⁦Imran Ahmed⁩ for the win. My client ⁦Center for Countering Digital Hate⁩ just launched this report on abuse of female politicians and how it disfigures the electoral process. For obvious reasons, this is really important right now. cnbc.com/2024/08/14/ins…

Republican and democratic women both receive toxic comments on their social media; Meta hasn't acted. Enough is enough. Important work from the team at CCDH. Proud to have them as a member of our Online Equality Watch Watch.

We reported 1,000 abusive comments targeting women candidates to Instagram. A week later, the platform had failed to act on 93%. Meta must step up and crack down on abuse against women and public officials ahead of the US election. More in NBC News 👇 nbcnews.com/tech/social-me…

"The cacophony of hate speech, threats & gendered abuse we find flooding the comment sections of prominent women politicians is united in one shared purpose: to push women out of political life." 🗣️ Our CEO Imran Ahmed in Axios on CCDH's new research. axios.com/2024/08/14/ins…

Want to hear about Center for Countering Digital Hate’s latest research? About to go on air on CNN where I’ll be talking to audie cornish

"[Elon Musk] opened the doors of Arkham Asylum and made it a safe space for racists and bigots. Since then, he has also revealed himself to be the Joker-in-Chief, the great disseminator of misinformation." Our CEO Imran Ahmed in Le Monde in English (Le Monde)👇lemonde.fr/en/internation…

We reported 1,000 abusive comments targeting women candidates that were in clear violation of Instagram's guidelines. "Even when someone else is doing the work for them, 9 out of 10 times, they fail to take action" - Imran Ahmed in WIRED on our research👇 wired.com/story/instagra…

🗣️"The lack of Community Notes shows that his business is failing woefully to contain the kind of algorithmically-boosted incitement that we all know can lead to real-world violence." Imran Ahmed in FORTUNE on Musk spreading election disinfo: fortune.com/2024/08/08/elo…

CCDH found that Elon Musk posted false & misleading claims about the US elections 50 times this year, with nearly 1.2 billion views. Our findings in Financial Times👇 ft.com/content/1843b6…

🗣️ "Elon Musk’s X played a significant role in these riots, with algorithms turbocharging the spread of lies by bad actors." Our CEO Imran Ahmed on how X is amplifying and profiting from hate & lies about the Southport attack in the UK 👇 counterhate.com/research/x-ran…

While the focus has shifted to X, Meta remains the grandfather of hate & disinformation. "They're the ones who wrote the playbook on how to deny there's a problem, deflect it & blame society." Our CEO Imran Ahmed in CBC on CCDH's new findings 👇 cbc.ca/news/women-pol…

"There’s a grim rationality to his legal activities: they’re the desperate actions of a man trying to avoid accountability for what he knows is atrocious behavior." CCDH's Imran Ahmed in Mother Jones on Elon Musk's new attempt to intimidate his critics 👇 motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Disgusting.

🚨Exclusive: Ofcom should have emergency powers to fight misinformation and deamplify harmful posts to prevent public disorder, Center for Countering Digital Hate has recommended after a discussion with government officials and the Met’s Counterterrorism Unit. In The Times and The Sunday Times 👇🏼 thetimes.com/article/e134ab…

We found that Elon Musk posted false & misleading claims about the US elections 50 times this year, with nearly 1.2 billion views. Our findings in Robert Reich's op-ed in the The Guardian⤵️ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Elon Musk is spreading false & misleading claims about the US election on X - with no Community Notes on his harmful posts. Our CEO Imran Ahmed in the The Independent on CCDH's findings👇 independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…