US EditionU.K. Tech Campaigner Sues Trump Administration over U.S. Sanctions
Imran Ahmed challenges US visa ban as part of Trump administration's campaign against foreign influence in online speech, affecting five Europeans including two Britons.
- On Wednesday, Imran Ahmed sued the Trump administration in the Southern District of New York to block his arrest and expulsion; a district judge granted a temporary restraining order with a hearing set for Monday.
- The State Department announced Tuesday it was denying visas to five Europeans accused of pressuring US tech firms to censor American viewpoints under a May visa‑restriction policy.
- Named targets included Imran Ahmed, Clare Melford, Thierry Breton, and HateAid leaders Josephine Ballon and Anna‑Lena von Hodenberg; Ahmed holds US permanent residency and spent Christmas fighting unlawful deportation.
- French President Emmanuel Macron denounced the sanctions as intimidation and vowed, "We will not give up, and we will protect Europe's independence and the freedom of Europeans."
- The move frames a broader debate about online safety and content‑moderation, as UK politicians and campaigners warn it amounts to bullying and risks chilling regulation while the Trump administration signals further action targeting serving politicians or officials.
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Trump locked in new legal battle over accused censorship advocate living in US
An alleged foreign national censorship advocate who lives in the U.S. received a court order late Thursday blocking the Trump administration from detaining him pending a hearing next week, days after officials announced sanctions against a group of alleged European censorship advocates. Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, filed a lawsuit against the administration Wednesday, fearing the “imminent prospect of unconstitutio…
The U.S. government has imposed entry bans on five people who oppose hate on the Internet for alleged censorship. One of them, a British, must not be arrested at first.
"Proud To Call US My Home": UK Techie Sues Trump Administration Over Sanctions
Imran Ahmed, a British national who heads the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), was among five European figures involved in tech regulation whom the US State Departmentsaid this week would be denied visas.
The head of the NGO Center for Countering Digital Hate, Ahmed, has sued members of President Trump's government with a US entry ban.
Imran Ahmed, a British citizen, director of the Centre for the Contrast of Digital Hate (Ccdh) sued the administration of President Donald Trump: "Unconstitutional provision"
Briton Imran Ahmed, founder of an organization that works against online hate, is one of five Europeans whose visas were revoked by the US. He is now suing the Trump administration, The Guardian reports.
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