#ImranAhmed the former Labour Party adviser from #Manchester, is the chief executive of the Centre of Countering Digital Hate, which previously listed #MorganMcSweeney as a director until his resignation when Mr Starmer became Labour leader in April 2020!

Anyone still thinking of travelling to the USA to support the UK teams at the World Cup next summer?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33mx6j5jrvo

#politics #ukpolitics #uspolitics #worldcup #imranahmed

US judge blocks detention of British social media campaigner

Imran Ahmed was among five people accused of seeking to "coerce" US firms into censoring free speech.

BBC News
#ImranAhmed, CEO of the Centre for Countering #DigitalHate, is challenging the #Trump administration’s #deportation threat, claiming it violates his #FirstAmendment rights. Ahmed, who lives in Washington DC with his American family, is being targeted for his organisation’s work scrutinising #socialmedia companies. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/25/british-campaigner-llegal-challenge-trump-administration-deportation?eicker.news #tech #media #news
British campaigner launches legal challenge against Trump administration after deportation threat

Imran Ahmed, an anti-disinformation advocate, claims he is being targeted for scrutinising social media companies

The Guardian

#Tech : Européens interdits de visa aux #ÉtatsUnis https://mastodon.social/@la_voix/115771802301038268 le dirigeant d’une #ONG contre-attaque en #justice il risque l’expulsion

#ImranAhmed a déposé plainte contre l’administration de #Trump écartant temporairement le risque d’être expulsé du pays où il vit. Sa plainte stipulait qu’il faisait face à la «perspective imminente d’une arrestation anticonstitutionnelle, d’une détention punitive et d’une expulsion». Une première audience est prévue lundi. https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1659786/article/2025-12-25/europeens-interdits-de-visa-aux-etats-unis-le-dirigeant-d-une-ong-contre-attaque

If you were wondering what Imran Ahmed of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate has done to get his US visa revoked?

It seems the Trump administration objects to; People drawing the attention of lawmakers to how US big tech spins a profit.

Google has become a prime funder of violent racist antisemitic content on the internet.

#Google #Hate #ImranAhmed #CCDH

https://urbanists.video/w/eBy3D2egxVdgfX491AHp62

Imran Ahmed - CCDH

PeerTube

#TheGuardian: "#ImranAhmed, the chief executive of the Centre for Countering #DigitalHate (#CCDH), has filed a complaint against senior #Trump allies including #MarcoRubio, and #PamBondi, in an attempt to prevent what he says would be an unconstitutional arrest and removal…over his organisation’s work scrutinising #socialmedia…incl #ElonMusks's X… in violation of #firstamendment.

Ahmed lives lawfully in Washington DC with his American wife and child."

cc @Nonilex

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/25/british-campaigner-llegal-challenge-trump-administration-deportation

British campaigner launches legal challenge against Trump administration after deportation threat

Imran Ahmed, an anti-disinformation advocate, claims he is being targeted for scrutinising social media companies

The Guardian

#JosephineBallon & #AnnaLenaVonHodenberg lead a German #LegalAid organization that assists individuals facing #online #abuse & #violent #threats.

#ClareMelford runs a British group that helps identify #disinformation.

#ImranAhmed is a British activist who runs an organization that has chronicled #antivax #content #on socialmedia.

On Tuesday, the #Trump admin accused all of them of a campaign of “censorship” against Americans.

#law #propaganda #immigration #tech #moderation #RevengePolitics

Sanktionen gegen HateAid-Führung: Die Bundesregierung muss jetzt scharf protestieren

https://netzpolitik.org/2025/sanktionen-gegen-hateaid-fuehrung-die-bundesregierung-muss-jetzt-scharf-protestieren/

Die USA belegen Menschen mit Sanktionen, weil sie demokratisch legitimierte Gesetze gegen Tech-Konzerne verteidigen. Das erfordert eine klare Antwort aus Europa. Es geht um die Souveränität der EU, Gesetze selbst zu gestalten, und um die Freiheit der europäischen Zivilgesellschaft. Ein Kommentar.

#anna_lenavonhodenberg #centerforcounteringdigitalhate #claremelford #digitalservicesact #dsa #globaldisinformationindex #hateaid #imranahmed #josephineballon #kommentar #meinungsfreiheit #thierrybreton #zensur #netzpolitik

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I’m absolutely gobsmacked that there is *mention* of “Scrapping the OSA” in PoliticsHome…
https://alecmuffett.com/article/114714
#AgeVerification #ImranAhmed #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #PoliticsHome #ccdh #censorship #surveillance #vpn
I’m absolutely gobsmacked that there is *mention* of “Scrapping the OSA” in PoliticsHome…

…even if it’s an argument against scrappage. Imran Ahmed of CCDH appeals to half-truths: “nothing in the act requires the removal of lawful speech” “[the OSA has] a proactiv…

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