Imran Ahmed, who runs the deplatforming organisation known as the ‘Centre for Countering Digital Hate,’ has been officially sanctioned by the US government. Ahmed is an ex-Labour staffer and good friend of No10 Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney…
CCDH has spent its time working closely on a personnel basis with campaigns like Labour Together and targets the funding models of those online with whom it disagrees politically – namely advertising. In January Ahmed was calling for an official “database” of all online advertising in order to track who was ‘funding’ what. It was also revealed to have developed a a “5-year plan” to “kill Musk’s Twitter”…
US Undersecretary of State Sarah B Rogers sanctioned Ahmed overnight on the grounds he is a “key collaborator with the Biden Administration’s effort to weaponize the government against US citizens.” Ahmed is currently living in DC on a visa that is now set to be revoked…
The US also sanctioned Brit Clare Melford, who runs the UK-based Global Disinformation Index (GDI) which has focussed for years on defunding right of centre causes. Also sanctioned is former EU digital regulator-in-chief Thierry Breton. Huge gulf opening up between the US and Europe on free speech issues…
Reform MP Danny Kruger welcomed adult film star Bonnie Blue’s support for the party, adding:
“I’m not going to be judgemental about people who want to vote Reform. We want all the support we can get – quite like Bonnie Blue.”