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Center for Countering Digital Hate Ltd.

CCDH

The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) is an international nonprofit that works to stop the spread of online hate and disinformation through innovative research, public campaigns and policy advocacy.

Lobbying Activity

Response to Update of EU rules on audiovisual media services

17 Dec 2025

Please find attached CCDH's contribution to the European Commission's call for evidence on the AVMSD.
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Response to Digital Fairness Act

17 Oct 2025

CCDH wholeheartedly welcomes the EU Commissions stated goal of addressing dark patterns and addictive design in the DFA. To meaningfully approach these issues, real changes are needed in the development, design and operation of online platforms. The implementation of algorithmic pluralism would allow for this profound rethinking of the online world, prioritizing users well-being and their fundamental freedoms. Please find more information in our attached submission.
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Response to Digital package – digital omnibus

14 Oct 2025

The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) is a non-profit research and advocacy organisation based in Washington D.C., London and Brussels. CCDH conducts research on the harms perpetrated by online platforms with the aim of making the digital world safer for all. CCDH notes the Commissions proposal for a Digital Omnibus. CCDH is deeply concerned that the Digital Omnibus, a part of the European Commissions wider simplification agenda, will cut red tape while also slashing European users online protections and digital rights. Stripping away these hard-won safeguards would not simplify the digital world, it would endanger it. At a time when the harms to children are well-documented and ever-growing, the drive to simplify EU digital legislation is not only short-sighted, it is morally indefensible. There is a profound dissonance between European leaders public commitments to protect children from social media harms - including proposals such as a digital age of majority - and the removal of the very safeguards that make such protections meaningful. European competitiveness cannot, and must not, come at the expense of the safety, health, and dignity of its citizens. Rather than finding ways to strengthen users legal protections, the EU is proposing to simplify a host of digital legislations that have not yet been properly implemented or enforced. Without sufficient time to assess which parts of a law are effective, it is impossible to understand how the Commission can justify deregulation. To dismantle protections before they are even tested is an abdication of the EUs moral responsibility to the people it serves. The AI Act provides a prime example. Implementation of the Act is still in its very early stages, with serious delays in the nomination of national enforcement authorities. The AI Act was created to provide users with safeguards against harm, bias, and exploitation, and to ensure transparency and accountability in powerful AI systems. It represents a promise that innovation and ethics can coexist. To weaken it under the guise of simplification would break that promise. Simplification could also prove detrimental to consumers and businesses in the EU. The AI Acts stated aim was to create trustworthy and predictable AI systems that users and enterprises alike could rely upon. Diluting high-risk obligations or transparency requirements undermines that goal. Moreover, altering legislation before its full implementation creates legal uncertainty, stifles responsible innovation, and rewards those least committed to ethical conduct. CCDH strongly urges the European Commission to place European users above profit. The Commission has an obligation to protect European citizens, especially the most vulnerable. The EUs digital acquis has been instrumental in defending users from online harms. That progress must not be sacrificed for bureaucratic convenience or short-term economic gain.
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Meeting with Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath)

22 May 2025 · Digital information environment, European Democracy Shield