⏯️ 'The system they've built is one that is perfect for the dissemination of misinformation', @Imi_Ahmed@CCDHate tells Chair @DamianCollins
⏯️ The 'Disinformation Dozen' super-spreaders still have 7.9 million followers according to @CCDHate research, @Imi_Ahmed tells @DarrenPJones
In response to Baroness Kidron, @Imi_Ahmed says platforms have been told - by civil society, by governments, by their own employees - about online harms, yet have done little about them, citing @sheeraf and @ceciliakang's new book, 'An Ugly Truth' 📘
@DamianCollins: 'Are you concerned that the prevalence of dehumanising language on social media is giving licence to racists to act in a concerted way?'
@RioFerdy5: '100%. I think this is normalising racist behaviour.'
@SanjayKickItOut@KickItOut tells Lord Gilbert of Panteg that @Ofcom needs the power to regulate legal but harmful content, citing the example of abuse after the #Euro2020 final ⚽
.@Imi_Ahmed tells the #OnlineSafetyBill Committee that @CCDHate have identified 'the Disinformation Dozen', responsible for almost 2/3rds of anti-vaccine content circulating on social media platforms. He says he is concerned that disinformation is not named as a harm in the Bill
.@Imi_Ahmed says that if platforms were transparent about how they enforce their own rules, about their algorithms, and their business models, solutions to online harms would become clear. Independent inspection is needed
@MrJohnNicolson asks: What are the motivations of anti-vaxxers? @Imi_Ahmed says this is like any other conspiracy theory: making people distrust authorities. @CCDHate research says anti-vaxx networks reach 60 million online users