Content warning: Extreme violence and antisemitism In March, a man drove his truck into a Michigan synagogue with preschoolers attending class inside. Weeks later, an attacker set fire to ambulances outside a synagogue in London. […]
Content Warning: Extreme violence Picture Daniel, a 13-year-old in the U.S. who’s stumbled onto incel content online. He’s angry and starting to believe the world is against him. Late at night, Daniel uses the same AI chatbots he […]
Content Warning: Extreme violence “Happy (and safe) shooting!” That’s how the AI chatbot DeepSeek signed off advice on selecting rifles for a “long-range target” after CCDH’s test account asked questions about the assassination of politicians. […]
This year began with an unprecedented wave of millions of women and girls being cruelly exposed. AI-generated sexualized images of them flooded X—without their consent. CCDH research showed that, with one click, X’s Grok AI […]
The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) welcomes the Government’s consultation on children’s use of social media. This process reflects a simple but urgent reality: social media companies have failed to make their platforms safe […]
Social media companies are facing a mounting tide of landmark trials across the U.S. for claims that their platform design choices harm young people. The first trial addressing social media addiction, held at the Los […]
On December 23, 2025, the U.S. State Department put out a shocking press release that announced sanctions against CCDH CEO Imran Ahmed for his work fighting for safer online spaces, threatening him with deportation. In accompanying social media posts, […]
A United States District Judge granted Imran Ahmed’s temporary restraining order (TRO), enjoining the defendants (Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Secretary of […]
On Wednesday evening, CCDH CEO Imran Ahmed filed a complaint in the Southern District of New York against Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers, Attorney General Pam […]
2025 was still dawning when Mark Zuckerberg announced that he was making significant changes to Meta’s policies, endangering user safety across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Putting his pocket ahead of users, the billionaire […]
Social media platforms don’t work like they used to. When Facebook first introduced its News Feed feature in 2006, the feed showed us what our friends were doing and allowed us to follow news outlets, celebrities, or other pages of our choosing. Now, algorithms are in great part responsible for […]
Imran Ahmed, Founder & CEO, Center for Countering Digital Hate: “All Americans should thank Senators Graham, Durbin, Grassley, Whitehouse, Hawley, Klobuchar, Blackburn, Blumenthal, Moody, and Welch for introducing The Sunset Section 230 Act. It is […]