{"id":705445,"date":"2025-12-28T09:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T06:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-administration-seeks-to-deport-hate-speech-researcher-previously-sued-by-x\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T09:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T06:40:10","slug":"trump-administration-seeks-to-deport-hate-speech-researcher-previously-sued-by-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-administration-seeks-to-deport-hate-speech-researcher-previously-sued-by-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration seeks to deport hate speech researcher previously sued by X"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from arresting or deporting Imran Ahmed, CEO of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/counterhate.com\">Center for Countering Digital Hate<\/a> (CCDH).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/12\/25\/us\/politics\/imran-ahmed-judge-order.html\">The New York Times reports<\/a> that Ahmed is one of five researchers and regulators whose work around online abuse and disinformation drew the ire of the U.S. State Department, which declared this week that they are barred from the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State Marco Rubio <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2025\/12\/announcement-of-actions-to-combat-the-global-censorship-industrial-complex\/\">described the targeted individuals<\/a> as \u201cradical activists and weaponized NGOs\u201d who have \u201cled organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Ahmed was born in the United Kingdom, he has a U.S. green card, resides in the United States, and has an American wife and child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahmed defended his work in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/imran-ahmed-on-trumps-threat-to-deport-him-over-censorship-for-countering-online-hate\">an interview with PBS News<\/a>, describing the government\u2019s move as \u201canother example of these companies [such as Meta, OpenAI, and Elon Musk\u2019s X] which have tried to evade responsibility using their big money to try and influence things in politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lawsuit by X against the CCDH was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/25\/technology\/x-lawsuit-dismissed.html\">dismissed last year<\/a>, but an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eal is pending.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Technology<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/12\/27\/trump-administration-seeks-to-deport-hate-speech-researcher-previously-sued-by-x\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from arresting or deporting Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH). 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