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HIGHUKAdded 2024-02-20
Imran Ahmed
Chief Executive Officer
Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH)
Freedom Threat Index78%
SEVERE THREAT TO SPEECH FREEDOM
Profile
British CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a transatlantic NGO that produces reports targeting specific accounts, publications, and platforms for advertiser boycotts and deplatforming. The CCDH's "Dirty Dozen" and similar reports have directly led to removal of users and demonetisation of content. X Corp filed (ultimately unsuccessful) litigation against the CCDH in 2023, alleging it manipulated platforms using data access. Critics argue CCDH conflates heterodox opinion with "hate" and operates as a private censorship-by-proxy operation.
Key Actions & Positions
Published "Disinformation Dozen" report used to justify mass deplatforming of vaccine-sceptic accounts
CCDH reports directly cited by platforms when removing accounts and demonetising content
Coordinates advertiser pressure campaigns against platforms hosting disfavoured speech
Testified before UK and US legislative bodies in favour of expanded platform content liability
Targeted individual journalists and commentators by name for platform action
Tags
disinformationdeplatformingadvertiser-pressurecontent-moderationCCDH
Linked Incidents (2)
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