MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Center for Countering Digital Hate Ltd.

NGO or non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: United Kingdom · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Center for Countering Digital Hate Ltd. appears in 18 declared MEP meetings (14 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

18
declared meetings
with current MEPs
14
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
0.9
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“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.”

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“The Center’s mission is to protect human rights and civil liberties in the digital realm by increasing the economic and reputational costs of platforms that facilitate the spread of hate and disinformation online. CCDH holds social media companies accountable for their business choices by highlighting their failures, educating the public, and advocating for action by both platforms and governments to protect our digital communities.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 18 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats844%
Greens/EFA528%
Renew Europe317%
European People's Party211%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (11 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2024
1
2025
11
2026
6

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Kim van Sparrentak
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Sergey Lagodinsky
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Sandro Ruotolo
2 meetings · S&D
Lukas Mandl
1 meeting · EPP
Evin Incir
1 meeting · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
21 Sep 2026Katarina BarleyProtection of minors online
25 Jun 2026Michael McNamaraAI Omnibus
23 Apr 2026Sergey LagodinskyExchange of Views
11 Feb 2026Arba KokalariAI chatbots
28 Jan 2026Kim van SparrentakDigital Rights
7 Jan 2026Nikola MinchevExchange of views
11 Dec 2025Sandro RuotoloAI companion/Chatbot, AVMSD revision
11 Dec 2025Lukas MandlAntisemitism online and Algorithms of big Platforms
20 Nov 2025Kim van SparrentakDSA
5 Nov 2025Birgit SippelAI and child protection
2 Oct 2025Sabrina ReppSocial Media
24 Sep 2025Sandro RuotoloAI and protection of minors (Chat bots)
28 Aug 2025Sergey LagodinskyExchange of Views
22 May 2025Kim van SparrentakAI policy
21 May 2025Billy KelleherDigital safety online and countering hate speech and fake fews

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