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@CCDHate
Mar 28, 2023 • 10 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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🚨NEW: Shocking new analysis by @CCDHate found that tweets with anti-LGBTQ+ ‘grooming’ narrative have jumped 119% since Elon Musk took over Twitter.

A thread 🧵
counterhate.com/research/toxic…
CCDH identified over 1.7 million tweets and retweets since the start of 2022 that mention the LGBTQ+ community alongside slurs such as “groomer” and “pedophile”.
Over the past year, the LGBTQ+ community has been targeted by a wave of abuse centered on the false and hateful lie that they ‘groom’ children, often directed at teachers, Pride events and drag story hour events.
CCDH’s new research reveals that 5 highly popular accounts known for pushing anti-LGBTQ+ narrative generate up to $6.4m per year in ad revenue for the platform, and one was even reinstated by Musk after a permanent ban.
Out of the 5 accounts, Libs of TikTok, Gays Against Groomers & Chris Rufo have been listed by @ADL as top online amplifiers of anti-LGBTQ+ extremism.

Meanwhile, James Lindsay and Tim Pool have helped to popularize grooming rhetoric on Twitter.
Gays Against Groomers is known for spreading false narratives about the LGBTQ+ community, including “grooming”, “indoctrination” and “child mutilation”.

❗️Disney+ ads appear next to a tweet that amplifies the ‘grooming’ narrative.

@DisneyPlus, is this what you paid for?
Kindle’s ads are placed alongside anti-LGBTQ+ content shared by Libs of TikTok.

❌ Libs of TikTok is known for targeting people in the LGBTQ+ space - who often report real-world violence, harassment and threats after being targeted.

@AmazonKindle, is this what you paid for?
“Twitter must decide if they believe in the fundamental rights and freedoms of LGBTQ+ people, or if they want to continue profiting from and normalizing hate. They cannot do both.”

Our CEO @Imi_Ahmed on CCDH’s latest findings about the rise in anti-LGBTQ+ hate on Twitter. 🗣
Twitter is profiting from a surge in anti-LGBTQ+ content that has dangerous offline consequences.

If @Twitter delays action, advertisers must intervene to #StopToxicTwitter.
Want to take action?

Add your name and call on advertisers to stop funding anti-LGBTQ+ hate on Twitter and #StopToxicTwitter 👇 act.counterhate.com/page/122077/pe…

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Aug 14
🚨 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…
CCDH reported 1,000 abusive comments targeting 5 Republican & 5 Democrat women candidates running for office in 2024.

A week later, Instagram had taken no action against 926 of these hateful comments, including:
🛑 Sexist abuse
🛑 Racist abuse
🛑 Death & r*pe threats Image
Vice President Kamala Harris is one of the targets of the abusive comments we reported to Instagram. A week later, the platform had failed to act on 92%

They included:
🛑Sexist, false claims that she used sex & her gender to succeed
🛑Racist, false claims targeting her ethnicity Image
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Jun 26
📣WIN: YouTube has demonetized the Heartland Institute, a leading climate denial think tank.

In April, we led 24 organizations in calling on @YouTube to enforce its climate policies.

Heartland will no longer profit from ads on content designed to undermine climate action. Image
Our flagship report, The New Climate Denial, found @YouTube profits from the Heartland Institute's climate denial.

Ads were running on videos claiming renewable energy is "environmentally devastating" and that key climate science papers are "garbage".

Now that's stopped.


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Together with 24 other organizations, we called on @YouTube to enforce its policies on climate denial.

We provided evidence that Heartland Institute and others were profiting from denialist content.

Now that's stopped. counterhate.com/research/leadi…
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Jun 6
🚨NEW: We found that Midjourney keeps generating misleading images of US & EU politicians - despite its new policy to stop election disinformation.

The AI tool generated convincing deepfakes in 40% of our tests, including images of Biden, Trump & Macron.
thetimes.com/article/2c9dea…
We tested Midjourney & ChatGPT Plus with election disinfo prompts – and found a stark difference between the AI tools.

While ChatGPT generated convincing images 3.3% of the time, Midjourney’s security features were easily bypassed to create harmful disinfo ahead of big elections Image
After we showed that @midjourney could easily generate election disinfo, the platform announced a ban on users creating images of Biden & Trump ahead of the US election.

📢 Our new report shows that the platform’s new safety policy is far from enough.
apnews.com/article/midjou…
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Mar 27
🚨NEW: Meta & Google are hindering access to reproductive health information in Africa, Asia & Latin America - while profiting from anti-abortion misinfo ads.

@CCDHate & @MSIchoices found platforms are misleading people seeking reliable medical info⤵️ metro.co.uk/2024/03/27/goo…
Meta has restricted @MSIchoices’ ads promoting accurate information on reproductive health services in Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria & Vietnam.

These included vital content about cervical cancer screening tests, IUDs, contraceptive pills & safe abortion. Image
Despite @MSIchoices only providing abortion services where law permits, @Meta sometimes remove their ads for vague reasons such as “sensitive content”.

In Ghana, MSI’s team said @Google has been so restrictive that they can’t use “pregnancy options” in their ad campaigns. Image
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Mar 25
🚨WIN: CCDH has had Musk’s baseless & intimidatory lawsuit against us thrown out of court! Our amazing lawyers at @KaplanHecker aided us in getting Judge Breyer to dismiss the case.

A huge win for everyone working to hold social media giants to account. counterhate.com/blog/elon-musk…
“The Court notes, too, that X Corp.’s motivation in bringing this case is evident. X Corp. has brought this case in order to punish CCDH for CCDH publications that criticized X Corp.”

Judge Charles Breyer in his ruling granting CCDH’s motion to dismiss. Image
“Throughout Elon Musk’s loud, hypocritical campaign of harassment, abuse, & lawfare designed to avoid taking responsibility for his own decisions, CCDH has remained quietly confident in the quality and integrity of our research & advocacy.”

@Imi_Ahmed on our win against Musk. Image
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Nov 17, 2023
🚨UPDATE: CCDH has filed a response to Musk’s X Corp’s baseless lawsuit against us.

Musk’s move is a textbook example of a wealthy, unaccountable billionaire using his power to silence his critics.

Here’s what’s happened 🧵
edition.cnn.com/2023/11/16/tec…
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Musk is suing us because we exposed how hate & lies skyrocketed on Twitter/X under his leadership, and he can’t disprove our findings.

The lawsuit is a clear case of Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPP) aimed to scare us away from doing research on X. Image
Our response to Musk’s SLAPP suit, led by Robbie Kaplan & her amazing team, is clear:

Elon Musk’s charges against us are meritless, and the lawsuit is retaliatory bullying.

Read our response ⤵️
counterhate.com/blog/elon-musk…
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