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"A British anti-disinformation campaigner told by the Trump administration that
he faces possible removal from the US has said he is being targeted by arrogant
and “sociopathic” tech companies for trying to hold them to account.
Imran Ahmed, the chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate
(CCDH), is among five European nationals barred from the US by the state
department after being accused of seeking to push tech firms to censor or
suppress American viewpoints.
Ahmed lives lawfully in Washington DC with his American wife and daughter,
meaning he is at risk of deportation. Late on Thursday a court granted him a
temporary restraining order to block any attempt to remove him from the US or
detain him.
Ahmed told the
Guardian he believed he had been singled out for his work
seeking greater accountability and transparency for social media and AI firms,
which has led to Elon Musk’s X unsuccessfully suing CCDH.
Ahmed, who is a friend of Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, said
it was another attempt to deflect accountability and transparency.
“This has never been about politics,” he said, adding that his organisation had
worked successfully with the first Trump administration and would do so again
if asked.
“What it has been about is companies that simply do not want to be held
accountable and, because of the influence of big money in Washington, are
corrupting the system and trying to bend it to their will, and their will is to
be unable to be held accountable,” he said.
“There is no other industry, that acts with such arrogance, indifference and a
lack of humility and sociopathic greed at the expense of people.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
