The Center for Countering Digital Hate

LONDON, 14th July 2026 - The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) today launched Up Next: Anorexia Algorithm, a new report finding that YouTube continues to recommend harmful eating disorder content to children despite significant improvements since the implementation of online safety regulation. Repeating its 2024 investigation, CCDH tested YouTube's recommendation system using simulated 13-year-old girl accounts in the United States, United Kingdom and European Union.

Key findings We tested YouTube using simulated accounts registered as 13-year-old girls across the US, UK and EU. After viewing an eating disorder video with each account, we analyzed 300 recommendations shown in the "Up Next" feed. YouTube still recommends harmful eating disorder content that breach YouTube's policies, including "thinspiration", videos documenting extreme calorie restriction, and subliminal weight loss videos.

Dear Irish Presidency, The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) is looking forward to Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union. We welcome the Presidency's ambitious agenda especially on the topics of AI and the protection of minors. CCDH recommends that the Presidency: Lay the groundwork for an ambitious DFA and not give into corporate lobbying.

Ten Years After Jo Cox: Platforms Turn Safety Off Ten years ago, on 16 June 2016, British Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered by a far-right extremist radicalized online. Jo was a passionate advocate for a more tolerant, united society. Her murder was a [...]

Ten years ago, on 16 June 2016, British Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered by a far-right extremist radicalized online. Jo was a passionate advocate for a more tolerant, united society. Her murder was a devastating attack on democratic values and a warning about the dangers of online radicalization and hatred. Her death was a foundational moment for CCDH.

Jess Asato's Grok case could help deliver AI accountability Earlier this year, CCDH revealed the extraordinary scale of harm caused by X's Grok AI image-editing feature. Our analysis estimated that Grok generated approximately 3 million photorealistic sexualized images over an 11-day period, including an estimated 23,000 sexualized images of children. One of the [...]

An Introduction from our CEO Imran Ahmed Late on Monday 8th June, videos of a brutal knife attack in north Belfast started circulating on social media, reported to be an "attempted beheading". The victim, Stephen Ogilvie, has been hospitalised with serious injuries including the loss of his left eye. Police have charged Hadi Alodid, a Sudanese man living in Belfast, with attempted murder. Alodid was granted legal migration status in the UK in 2023.

Jess Asato's Grok case could help deliver AI accountability Earlier this year, CCDH revealed the extraordinary scale of harm caused by X's Grok AI image-editing feature. Our analysis estimated that Grok generated approximately 3 million photorealistic sexualized images over an 11-day period, including an estimated 23,000 sexualized images of children. One of the [...]

“My grandmother changed her entire Medicare plan based on a Facebook ad.” Last year, Marissa’s 79-year-old grandmother, from Las Vegas, clicked on an ad promising her a $250 a month grocery stipend through Medicare. It was a scam. This is what Meta is profiting from. Instead of protecting users, CCDH found that the company earned $14.3 million from scammers.

Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificicent Humanity), signals the reality that AI has become societal infrastructure. The future of AI is not just a technical or business question, but a moral and social challenge that demands accountability across society. For years, CCDH has warned that technology companies too often build products that maximize profits while avoiding responsibility for the harms they cause.