{"id":2004199,"date":"2023-08-17T19:50:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T23:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hate-speech-watchdog-aims-to-set-the-record-straight-with-congress-on-censorship-inquiry\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T19:51:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T23:51:50","slug":"hate-speech-watchdog-aims-to-set-the-record-straight-with-congress-on-censorship-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hate-speech-watchdog-aims-to-set-the-record-straight-with-congress-on-censorship-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Hate speech watchdog seeks to clarify censorship inquiry with Congress."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhate-speech-watchdog-aims-to-set-the-record-straight-with-congress-on-censorship-inquiry%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2004199&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Nonpartisan Watchdog Responds to Accusations of Censorship<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hate-speech-watchdog-aims-to-set-the-record-straight-with-congress-on-censorship-inquiry\/\" title=\"Hate speech watchdog seeks to clarify censorship inquiry with Congress.\">nonpartisan hate speech watchdog recently addressed concerns raised<\/a> \u2063by GOP lawmakers\u200c who\u200b accused the group of censoring conservatives\u200d on\u2064 social media. In a letter\u200d to House Judiciary Chairman \u200cJim Jordan (R-OH), the Center for Countering Digital\u2064 Hate \u2062(CCDH) clarified \u200dits mission and defended its commitment to nonpartisanship.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Given the stated purpose of \u2064the letter and its requests for documents and information, we fear that the Committee may not \u2063have a clear understanding of CCDH\u2019s mission or work,&#8221; the \u200bgroup&#8217;s lawyer wrote. &#8220;Considering \u200dthe\u200c seriousness of this allegation and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unrwa-caught-teaching-terrorism-jew-hatred-as-biden-admin-resumes-taxpayer-funding\/\" title=\"UNRWA Caught Teaching Terrorism, Jew Hatred as Biden Admin Resumes Taxpayer Funding\">underlying concerns<\/a> regarding online\u2062 disinformation, we \u2064feel compelled to set the record straight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The CCDH\u2064 emphasized that it is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit, and nongovernmental\u2063 organization that\u2064 has collaborated with \u2062both Democratic and Republican administrations. Its primary goal\u2063 is\u2064 to &#8220;disrupt the architecture of online \u2062hate and misinformation&#8221; while remaining nonpolitical and nonpartisan.<\/p>\n<p>Responding \u2064to Jordan&#8217;s request for documents\u2064 and communications, the CCDH clarified that it does not receive any funding from the U.S. government. The\u200b organization relies solely on private donors \u2062for financial support.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;CCDH is \u2063funded entirely by private \u200bdonors and has never received any grants, entered into any contracts, or received any donations from the United \u2064States Government,&#8221; the letter noted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Judiciary Committee&#8217;s \u2064inquiry came shortly after the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X, \u200cformerly known as Twitter, filed\u2064 a lawsuit against the \u200dCCDH. X Corp. accused the watchdog of publishing &#8220;misleading claims&#8221; about harmful content on the platform. However, the CCDH&#8217;s CEO, \u200dImran Ahmed, stood by the organization&#8217;s report,\u200c which highlighted an increase in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/using-wrong-pronouns-should-be-criminal-offense-say-almost-half-of-millennials-survey-2\/\" title=\"Almost half of millennials believe that using incorrect pronouns should be considered a \"criminal offense,\" according to a survey.\">hate\u200c speech<\/a> since Elon Musk&#8217;s acquisition \u2064of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/x-corp-sues-researchers-who-reported-rise-in-hate-speech-on-platform\/\" title=\"X Corp. takes legal action against researchers for reporting hate speech increase on platform.\">social media \u2062company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The CCDH&#8217;s response to accusations of \u2064censorship \u2063provides clarity on its mission and funding \u2063sources. \u200cAs a nonpartisan watchdog, it remains committed to combating online hate and misinformation while maintaining its nonpolitical\u2062 stance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nonpartisan hate speech watchdog clarified its mission to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) in a letter. The group responded to GOP lawmakers&#8217; claims of censoring conservatives on social media, stating they misunderstood its purpose. The Center for Countering Digital Hate addressed Jordan&#8217;s inquiry, countering his accusations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2004200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2004199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2004200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}