Center for Countering Digital Hate

The Center for Countering Digital Hate's (ccdh) work encompasses research, campaigns and policy to increase the economic, reputational and political costs of all parts of the infrastructure --the actors, systems and culture-- that support and often profit from Hate and disinformation. The Center works with academics and practitioners in diverse fields, such as political science, behavioural psychology, neurology, the law, Countering violent extremism (cve), counterterrorism and child protection to develop strategies that strengthen tolerance and democracy, and counterstrategies to new forms of Hate and disinformation. Ccdh have forced social media companies to establish precedent and remove hateful or dangerous content, by holding them directly accountable for amplifying and profiting from it. Campaigns such as "stop funding misinformation" reduce the reach of websites that masquerade as real news but in fact spread conspiracy theories, lies and hateful propaganda. Public education such as "don't feed the trolls and "don't spread the virus" help consumers understand how to navigate social media in a way that reduces inadvertent amplification of harm. Our leaders are called upon as experts in our field by governments around the world and are leading commentators in the press and on broadcast. The Center's solutions have proven effective against a number of different types of Hate and disinformation, including identity-based Hate, climate change denial and health disinformation.