The liberal philanthropist gave $250,000 to the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which pressured advertisers to cut ties with the platform.

A grantmaking network created by billionaire investor George Soros funded a controversial UK-based NGO which seeks to "kill" Elon Musk's X media platform and censor conservative media, the Washington Free Beacon reported on Monday.

According to the database of Soros' Open Society Foundation (OSF), the charity gave the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) a $250,000 grant last year "to provide general support." While the nonprofit stipulates that its goal is to hold social media companies "accountable" for spreading hate, in practice, it has pressured advertisers to censor companies and lobbied to deplatform and cancel news organizations it found offensive, the paper said.

According to the outlet, the CCDH, founded by former Labour Party operative Imran Ahmed, has targeted conservative outlets such as The Federalist and the Daily Wire over alleged racist content. The nonprofit also reportedly tried to persuade US policymakers to create an "independent digital regulator."

The CCDH has criticized a number of social media companies over what it sees as a failure to curtail extremism, but has been particularly hostile towards Musk's X, the paper said. Its internal documents openly listed "Kill Musk's Twitter" as its top annual priority, according to whistleblower documents published by journalists last year.

Musk has bitterly feuded with both the CCDH and Soros, and unsuccessfully tried last year to sue the nonprofit for running a "scare campaign" to drive away advertisers. The X CEO has also accused Soros of many "crimes against humanity," and of financing attacks on his company Tesla earlier this year.

US President Donald Trump has said his administration will move to sue the Hungarian-born billionaire, accusing him of using "professional agitators" to orchestrate riots in the US.

Critics have long accused Soros and his network of NGOs of fueling various protest movements across the world, interfering in elections, and attempting to shape local media landscapes and suppress dissenting views.

Comment: President Trump pledges Soros investigation:

US President Donald Trump has said that his administration will be probing George Soros over his alleged funding of mass "riots" in the US.

The Hungarian-American billionaire investor and NGOs funded by his Open Society Foundations (OSF) have long been linked to various protest movements, both in the US and abroad.

Trump said in an interview with Fox & Friends on Friday:

"They have professional agitators... They get paid for their profession from Soros and other people. We're going to look into Soros because I think it's a RICO case against him and other people. "This is more than protests: This is real agitation. This is riots on the street, and we're gonna look into that." The US federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act 1970) law has historically targeted organized crime, and is used to prosecute offenses committed as part of a criminal enterprise, though more recently it has seen broader use.

Last month, the US president called for the Hungarian-American investor and his son to face charges under the statute, accusing them of supporting "violent protests, and much more, all throughout the United States. We're not going to allow these lunatics to rip apart America any more." he said in a Truth Social post.

In the months prior, anti-immigration protests shook the US, with the most violent cases in Los Angeles escalating into clashes with the police, looting, and arson.

Soros was also linked to the 2016 Russiagate hoax, according to declassified documents published by the Senate Judiciary Committee in July.

The documents alleged the investor's OSF network had ties to the Hillary Clinton campaign's debunked attempts to accuse Trump of collusion with Russia in order to undermine his 2016 election victory - accusations Moscow has long dismissed.

Soros has been an influential and disruptive operator for decades...when is 'soon enough'?
See also:

• Declassified document links Russiagate hoax to Soros
• George Soros' NGOs exposed manipulating EU elections in 2,500 document hack from DC Leaks
• US congressman demands Soros testify over Russiagate plot against Trump