Leaks: British Harris Advisers Consider Efforts to Kill Musk's 'X'

Leaked internal documents from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, whose British founder Morgan McSweeney advises Vice President Kamala Harris, have revealed the group's plans to “kill Musk's Twitter.” The CCDH documents were published by Paul Thacker and Matt Taibbi in Taibbi's outlet. Racket News.

The leaked documents are the CCDH's monthly agenda notes, which list both monthly and annual priorities. The group's annual priorities over several months include the goal of “killing Musk's Twitter” and “triggering EU and UK regulatory action,” presumably against X.

The documents also reveal the CCDH's goal of creating a so-called “STAR framework” to regulate social media companies. This would create an “independent digital regulator” with the ability to “impose consequences for harmful content.”

McSweeney, the founder of CCDH, also happens to be chief of staff at 10 Downing Street and traveled to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to advise members of Harris' presidential campaign. Matthew Doyle, 10 Downing Street's communications director, joined him.

The CCDH is an IRS 501(c)(3) organization, meaning it could lose its tax-exempt status if a significant portion of its activities consist of lobbying. The documents show that the CCDH is active in meetings with lawmakers, with a leaked CCDH task order from early 2024 even listing “60 meetings on the Hill” as a goal.

Elon Musk responded to the report in a tweet on X. “CCDH is a criminal organization,” explained the X owner.