According to an internal document obtained by The DisInformation Chronicle and Matt Taibbi’s Racket, the UK’s Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) intends to “crush Musk’s Twitter.”
Morgan McSweeney is a British political operative who advises Vice President Kamala Harris. According to to the report. He is a former board member of CCDH; According to Influence Watch. His LinkedIn page McSweeney attended this year’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) and spoke with members of Vice President Kamala Harris’ team, Politico. reported.
One of the group’s top priorities was “taking down Mr. Musk’s Twitter,” according to CCDH documents obtained by the Chronicle. group He was also scheduled to meet with Democratic Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s team. “Crashing Mr. Musk’s Twitter” is the first task on CCDH’s monthly agenda plan dating back to January 2024, according to a screenshot of the report.
Sen. Klobuchar’s office did not respond to The Chronicle’s request for comment.
Politico called Britain’s left-wing Labor and Democratic parties “sister parties.” According to a report from the Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF), Labor Party officials recently announced on LinkedIn that about 100 current and former party members will be campaigning locally for Harris. The post has since been deleted. (Related: State Department collaborated with fact-checkers, academics to censor conservative media, report says)
Labor’s operations chief Sophia Patel has shared plans via LinkedIn on how to lure British left-wing political operatives to the US to help Kamala Harris win the election. pic.twitter.com/am2osqrdVv
— Andy Ngo 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) October 17, 2024
McSweeney was promoted to chief of staff to Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmer this month, the BBC reported. reported. (Related: UN takes cues from organizations trying to censor conservatives)
According to the Chronicle, CCDH targets “disinformation” and is a communication vehicle for Labor Together think tank. According to his LinkedIn page, McSweeney was also previously the director of Labor Together.
The organization’s other objectives include “triggering regulatory action in the EU and UK” and “supporting U.S. progress towards change and STAR,” according to the document.
STAR is a framework for policymakers to adopt in social media regulation. According to Go to the CCDH website. STAR would create an “independent digital regulator” to enforce online safety obligations. document I read it from the organization. Britain to implement online safety law in 2023 that faced criticism for potentially putting privacy at risk, says WIRED reported.
According to the Chronicle, CCDH advocates for “change in America” and met with members of Congress as it promoted STAR.
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strict #onlinesafetybill Becomes law in the UK.
From forced content removal to bulk message scanning, the future of free speech and privacy in the UK needs to be protected now more than ever.
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— Big Brother Watch (@BigBrotherWatch) October 26, 2023
According to the report, CCDH was scheduled to meet with 16 Congressional offices to “provide an update on the Elon litigation.” document Obtained by DisInformation Chronicle. Musk’s lawsuit alleges that the group’s report on Company X’s hate speech management contained “false and misleading claims.” reported. (Related: Harris reportedly brought in European Socialists to advise campaign on domestic expansion strategy)
The lawsuit was dismissed by a federal judge in California, DCNF reported.
Today, a federal court in San Francisco ruled in a lawsuit brought by X against the Center to Combat Digital Hate for illegally obtaining platform data to create misleading research. X disagrees with the court’s decision and plans to appeal.
— News (@XNews) March 25, 2024
