by Chuck Ross at The Washington Free Beacon
The Center for Countering Digital Hate, which does not disclose its donors, has lobbied US lawmakers to create a ‘digital regulator’
The left-wing philanthropy funded by George Soros, Open Society Foundations (OSF), bankrolls a British nonprofit that works to censor conservative news websites and social media companies, including through a plot to “kill” Elon Musk’s X by pressuring advertisers and investors to boycott the company.
OSF gave $250,000 last year to the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) for “general support,” according to the Soros charity’s grant database. The CCDH, under the guise of stopping “the spread of online hate and disinformation,” has pressured social media companies’ investors and advertisers to censor supposed “disinformation” or other content it deems to be offensive.
The organization, founded by former Labour Party operative Imran Ahmed in 2018, has also pressured tech companies to pull advertisements from the conservative websites the Federalist and the Daily Wire over allegedly racist content.
The grant, which has not been reported, could resurrect a longstanding battle that Musk has waged with both the CCDH and Soros. Musk has accused Soros of “crimes against humanity” and funding groups involved in violent protests across the country this year. And he has called the CCDH a “criminal organization” and said he was “going after” the group’s donors over its efforts to harm X’s finances.
Last year, the CCDH quietly organized a campaign to “kill Musk’s Twitter” by pressuring advertisers to cut ties with the company,…