KSAT Q&A: Imran Ahmed, Center for Countering Digital Hate CEO dissects ‘Disinformation Dozen’

SAN ANTONIO – Imran Ahmed, Center for Countering Digital Hate CEO, joined KSAT anchors Steve Spriester and Myra Arthur to discuss the spread of COVID-19 misinformation online.

Here are three takeaways from the discussion:

• In a study, Center for Countering Digital Hate linked just 12 social media accounts to the spread of misinformation on COVID vaccines
• CCDH reached out to social media platforms with their findings urging them to take action; Ahmed says platforms “singularly failed to do so”
• Ahmed says many of the “Disinformation Dozen” accounts are backed by corporations or non-profits and that creating misinformation has become an industry

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