Center for Countering Digital Hate
The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), formerly Brixton Endeavors, is a British not-for-profit NGO[3] company[1] with offices in London and Washington, D.C. with the stated purpose of stopping the spread of online hate speech and disinformation.[3][4] It campaigns to deplatform people that it believes promote hate or misinformation, and campaigns to restrict media organisations such as The Daily Wire from advertising.[5] CCDH is a member of the Stop Hate For Profit coalition.[6]
"CCDH" redirects here. For the Moroccan human rights organisation, see National Human Rights Council (Morocco).Formation
19 October 2018[1]
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Imran Ahmed (CEO)[2]
Funded by philanthropic trusts and members of the public
Brixton Endeavours Limited
According to public records, the organisation was incorporated in 2018 in London as Brixton Endeavours Limited. It changed its name to Center for Countering Digital Hate in August 2019.[1] In 2021, its US office was registered as a nonprofit organisation in the United States.[7] CCDH's current CEO is Imran Ahmed.[8]
Funding[edit]
The CCDH was reported in 2020 by the BBC to receive funding from the Pears Foundation, the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the Barrow Cadbury Trust.[41]
In 2021 the Paul Hamlyn Foundation gave £100,000 to the CCDH.[42]
In August 2023, Jim Jordan, the chair of the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, wrote to CCDH requesting the CCDH provide all documents and communications between the CCDH and the U.S. Executive branch and social media companies, a list of employees, contractors and grants received, to determine if the U.S. government "has coerced and colluded with companies and other intermediaries to censor speech".[43][44] Responding to The Washington Post reporters, the CCDH denied receiving any funds from the United States government and provided documents it said showed its bipartisan approach.[43]