The BBC omits that this humble "social media campaigner" is a former Labour strategist [1,2], the CCDH he leads was founded by another Labour strategist and current Downing Street Chief of Staff [1,3], and said CCDH's explicit goal was to "Kill Musk's Twitter" [4], and their tactics are not to inform audiences about disinformation, so that they can make informed viewing decisions. No, their tactics are to deplatform or attack the finances of sources they dislike, depriving viewers of that choice [5].
You'd think an organization that wanted to be trusted to impartially fight misinformation and "hate" would want to at least appear impartial. Well, I guess when their friends at the BBC simply omit all signs of partiality, they do.
Now you may think that despite all this, they are still justified, and doing what they think is right, in service of truth (so long as said truth isn't hateful). Maybe. But does that justify the BBC keeping their readers in the dark?
And of course, banning disfavored non-citizens is hardly unique to the US, as the UK has banned Renaud Camus, without any trial or opportunity for appeal [6].
like_any_other•1h ago
You'd think an organization that wanted to be trusted to impartially fight misinformation and "hate" would want to at least appear impartial. Well, I guess when their friends at the BBC simply omit all signs of partiality, they do.
Now you may think that despite all this, they are still justified, and doing what they think is right, in service of truth (so long as said truth isn't hateful). Maybe. But does that justify the BBC keeping their readers in the dark?
And of course, banning disfavored non-citizens is hardly unique to the US, as the UK has banned Renaud Camus, without any trial or opportunity for appeal [6].
[1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/10/23/elon-musk-wa...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imran_Ahmed_(strategist)
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_McSweeney
[4] https://disinformationchronicle.substack.com/p/election-excl...
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Countering_Digital_...
[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaud_Camus#Political_activis...