Wed Aug 16, 2023 – 1:43 pm EDT STORY AT-A-GLANCE Between lawsuits and voluntary document releases such as the Twitter Files, it’s become apparent that most censorship is being directed by the U.S. government, in blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. government based some of its censorship decisions on information from an obscure U.K.-based group called the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH). June 1, 2023, the CCDH published a report about Twitter Blue, claiming the platform failed to censor 99 percent of hate posted by Twitter Blue-subscribed accounts. Twitter/X Corp. is now suing the CCDH, arguing the group is “actively working to prevent free expression” and spreading “troubling and baseless claims that appear calculated to harm Twitter generally, and its digital advertising business specifically.” The Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government wants to know who funds the CCDH, and how and why this obscure foreign group has been allowed to impede the free speech rights of Americans. To that end, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R–OH) opened an investigation into the CCDH August 3, 2023. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may also be relying on the CCDH’s
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