A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from arresting or deporting CEO Imran Ahmed Center to Combat Digital Hate (CCDH).
New York Times report Ahmed is one of five researchers and regulators whose Work to tackle online abuse and disinformation This drew the ire of the US State Department, which announced this week that he had been banned from the United States.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio Targeted individuals described as “radical activists and armed NGOs” who have “led organized efforts to force American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose.”
While Ahmed was born in the United Kingdom, he holds a US green card, lives in the United States and has an American wife and child.
Ahmed defended his work An interview with PBS NewsHe described the government’s move as “another example of these companies” [such as Meta, OpenAI, and Elon Musk’s X] Who have tried to avoid responsibility by using their big money to try to influence things in politics.
There was a lawsuit by X against CCDH was fired last yearBut an appeal is pending.
