The United Kingdom’s Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) intends to “Kill Musk’s Twitter,” according to internal documents obtained by The DisInformation Chronicle and Matt Taibbi’s “Racket.”
Morgan McSweeney is a British political operative providing advice to Vice President Kamala Harris, according to the report. He was a former board member of the CCDH, according to InfluenceWatch. His LinkedIn page says he served as the organization’s company director until April 2020. McSweeney attended this year’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) to speak with members of Vice President Kamala Harris’ team, Politico reported.
The CCDH documents obtained by Chronicle reveal one of the group’s chief priorities was to “Kill Musk’s Twitter,” and the group also intended to meet with Democratic Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar’s team. “Kill Musk’s Twitter” is the first order of business in the CCDH’s monthly agenda plans which go back to January 2024, according to screenshots in the report.
Sen. Klobuchar’s office did not respond to the Chronicle’s request for comment.
Politico dubbed the UK’s left-wing Labour Party and the Democrats as “sister parties.” Recently, a Labour Party official announced on LinkedIn that about 100 current and former party staff would campaign on the ground for Harris, the Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) reported. The posts have since been deleted. (RELATED: State Department Worked With Fact-Checkers, Academics To Censor Conservative Media, Report Says)
Sofia Patel, head of operations for the Labour Party, shared plans via LinkedIn on how to get British left-wing political operatives to the U.S. to help Kamala Harris win the election. pic.twitter.com/am2osqrdVv
— Andy Ngo 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) October 17, 2024
McSweeney was promoted this month to Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, the BBC reported. (RELATED: UN Takes Cues From Orgs That Seek To Censor Conservatives)
The CCDH targets “disinformation” and is the means of communication for Labour’s think tank, Labour Together, according to the Chronicle. McSweeney was also previously director of Labour Together, according to his LinkedIn page.
Other objectives of the organization include “Trigger EU & UK regulatory action” and “Progress towards change in USA and support for STAR,” according to the documents.
STAR is a framework for policymakers to adopt for social media regulation, according to the CCDH’s site. STAR would create an “independent digital regulator” to enforce online safety mandates, documents from the organization read. The U.K. implemented the Online Safety Act, which faced criticism for potentially jeopardizing privacy, in 2023, WIRED reported.
The CCDH met with federal legislators while advocating for “change in USA” and pushing STAR, according to the Chronicle.
🚨BREAKING🚨
The draconian #OnlineSafetyBill becomes law in the UK.
From forcing content takedowns to scanning our messages en-masse, the future of free speech and privacy in Britain needs defending – now more than ever.
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— Big Brother Watch (@BigBrotherWatch) October 26, 2023
The CCDH planned to meet with 16 congressional office to “give updates on the Elon lawsuit,” according to documents obtained by The DisInformation Chronicle. Musk’s lawsuit alleged that the group’s report on X’s management of hate speech included “false and misleading claims,” Tablet reported. (RELATED: Harris Reportedly Bringing In European Socialist To Advise Campaign On Home-Stretch Strategy)
The lawsuit was thrown out by a federal judge in California, the DCNF reported.
Today a federal court in San Francisco issued a decision in the case X brought against the Center for Countering Digital Hate for illegally obtaining platform data to create misleading research. X disagrees with the court’s decision and plans to appeal.
— News (@XNews) March 25, 2024
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