by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D., Childrens Health Defense:
The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) — authors of “The Disinformation Dozen” — planned to “kill” X (Twitter), shut down popular social media accounts on other platforms, censor non-establishment voices and “bring back” attacks on “antivaxx” voices, according to internal documents leaked by CCDH insiders.
The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) — authors of “The Disinformation Dozen” — planned to “kill” X (Twitter), shut down popular social media accounts on other platforms, censor non-establishment voices and “bring back” attacks on “antivaxx” voices, according to internal documents leaked by CCDH insiders.
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Investigative journalists Paul D. Thacker and Matt Taibbi on Tuesday released the documents on The Disinformation Chronicle and X.
Thacker told The Defender he spoke with “several CCDH insiders” who provided minutes from internal CCDH staff meetings that took place between January and early this month.
According to the documents, CCDH planned to organize “black ops” against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., chairman on leave from Children’s Health Defense (CHD), and pressure Substack to remove COVID-19 vaccine critics Dr. Joseph Mercola and Alex Berenson from its platform.
“Black ops” are defined as a “secret mission or campaign carried out by a military, governmental, or other organization, typically one in which the organization conceals or denies its involvement.
The minutes from CCDH’s Jan. 8 staff meeting included this:
“RFK — black ops being set up to look at RFK. Nervousness about the impact of him on the election. We may be asked to comment, particularly from antivaxx.”
1) EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS: Working w/ @mtaibbi we report on @CCDHate documents showing the Labour Party’s political front’s objective is “Kill Musk’s Twitter” thru “Advertising focus” meaning harass his advertisers.
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— Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) October 22, 2024
CCDH previously included Kennedy and Mercola on its “Disinformation Dozen” list of the 12 “leading online anti-vaxxers,” published in March 2021.
Thacker said the “explosive leak” of the CCDH documents could affect the U.S. presidential election.
Thacker noted that CCDH’s founder is British political operative Morgan McSweeney, chief of staff to U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and advisor to Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. CCDH also maintains ties to key Democrats, including Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), “who has introduced multiple bills to regulate online ‘misinformation.’”
The documents reveal that CCDH has pushed for a U.S. social media censorship law akin to the European Union’s “Digital Services Act” and the U.K.’s “Online Safety Act.”
“The CCDH documents carry particular importance because McSweeney’s Labour Together political operatives have been teaching election strategy to Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, leading Politico to call Labour and the Democrats ‘sister parties,’” Thacker and Taibbi wrote.
Thacker’s tweet announcing the leak had garnered over 35 million views as of press time, while BBC Radio 4’s “Today” aired a report on the leak today.
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