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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’

Imran Ahmed in a navy blue blazer and blue shirt
Imran Ahmed is the founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate. Composite: Daniel Hambury/Stella Pictures/Mark Thomas/Alamy

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.

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