Ideally you’d sort out the electricity to gas price ratio, help everyone get heat pumps, and let them pay for solar and batteries if they want to. That would mean lower bills and lower emissions, at a lower cost to government. But sadly electricity prices are still too high for that

The U.S. State Department is trying to punish our CEO Imran Ahmed for the work CCDH does to hold social media giants accountable. It puts every campaigner, researcher, and advocate at risk. At CCDH, we’re defending the right to speak out. Join us in this fight. Donate now. 👇

CCDH exists to protect kids online and make the internet safer for all. That work is being attacked as our CEO & Founder faces deportation from his home country for holding powerful social media companies to account. We can’t let this happen. Please stand with us. Donate Today👇

@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com "a world of market relations, full of competitive individuals looking to make the most money and out-compete each other, married—quite literally—to another group of less-competitive individuals who stay at home and take care of kids and elders...

Il faut qu’on arrête de se laisser intimider! Bravo Mr. Imran Ahmed!

Superb thread by @altnps.bsky.social

This isn’t just about one researcher or one organization. It’s about whether exposing disinformation is treated as a civic duty, or as an act of resistance punishable by the state. And that’s exactly why they’re being targeted.

speech, making clear that Ahmed cannot be detained or deported until the court hears his challenge. That intervention matters because it draws a line: the government can’t simply declare evidence inconvenient and erase the person who produced it.

A federal judge in Manhattan stepped in and issued a temporary restraining order blocking Ahmed’s arrest or removal while his lawsuit proceeds. The judge emphasized constitutional protections like due process and free

announced. Immigration authorities threatened to detain or deport him under a rarely invoked provision that allows removal based on perceived foreign-policy risks not criminal conduct. It was a way to punish speech without ever having to prove the research wrong.

That framing unlocked a dangerous workaround: immigration power. Ahmed, who is a lawful permanent resident of the United States living in Washington, D.C., with his American wife and child, was the only one of the targeted group physically present in the country when sanctions were

evidence, the admin reframed the researchers themselves as the threat. Under the Trump State Department, led by Marco Rubio, independent watchdogs were labeled “radical activists” and “weaponized NGOs,” a move designed to turn research into a national-security problem rather than a public debate.

Those findings directly collided with Trump narratives. CCDH mapped the same ecosystems that fueled election denial, COVID misinformation, and coordinated harassment the networks Trump relied on to mobilize support, undermine trust, and attack journalists and institutions. Instead of disputing the

and harmful content, and how social-media platforms amplify outrage because it’s profitable. That research repeatedly showed that lies about elections, vaccines, immigrants, and public institutions weren’t accidental they were systemic and politically useful.

Let’s talk about something not many people are chatting about and what’s actually happening right now. You might wonder why Imran Ahmed and the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) suddenly became targets of the U.S. government. The honest answer is that their research hit where it hurt.

CCDH didn’t run protests or campaigns; they followed the data. Their work documented how disinformation spreads online, how a small number of powerful accounts generate enormous volumes of false

This Christmas, instead of being with his family, our founder, @imranahmed.bsky.social is being forced to defend his constitutional rights - and the future of this important work. That’s unconstitutional. It’s un-American. Full stop. Learn more in @thetimes.com 👇

Side note: Sinatra’s mom Natalina “Dolly” Garaventa, a midwife by trade, ran an underground free abortion clinic, chained herself to a fence to fight for women’s suffrage and was an extremely influential organizer for the Democratic Party www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...

Sociopathic greed seems like an accurate description. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Good news; a judge has blocked the detention of a technology researcher that the State Department had slated to deport. However, this is just the start of what will certainly be a longer-term challenge. What can we do about this? A thread. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...

For years, CCDH has worked to: ✅ Protect children from social media harm ✅ Expose antisemitism and other online harms ✅ Hold powerful tech companies accountable Now that work is being attacked. This is what happens when truth challenges power. Stand with us. Join the fight. Donate today ⤵️

Imran Ahmed, interdit de séjour, porte plainte contre Trump, craignant expulsion. Sanctions contre CCDH et régulation tech européenne;Rubio parle de censure extraterritoriale. Une plainte contre l'UE.

Imran Ahmed (CCDH) ha fatto causa all’amministrazione Trump: usare i visti come ritorsione contro chi documenta i fallimenti delle piattaforme non è difesa della libertà di parola, ma intimidazione politica

Glad to see -the Courts are acting . CCDH and Imran Ahmed do so much work to counter hate, including countering antisemitism. Thanks to the lawyers who ran into court over the holiday.

Legend Imran Ahmed (CEO of CCDH) just sued the U.S. Government for the wildly inappropriate visa sanctions. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York just granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against this inappropriate government action. What a Christmas gift!

Bloody hell, just caught up on this. Solidarity with Imran and the whole team. We need CCDH! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

I use the research by CCDH in my own work. This action by US government is shocking and unconstitutional. All researchers are in danger. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...

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People like Musk and RFK Jr. are entirely fine with the use of government power to shut down actors who are drawing attention to their conspiracy theories and promotion of hate. And in the same breath present themselves as defending free speech.

The U.S. State Department is trying to punish our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social for the work CCDH does to hold social media giants accountable. It puts every campaigner, researcher, & advocate at risk. This Christmas, we’re defending the right to speak out. Join us in this fight. Donate now. 👇

Merry Christmas everyone!!! A bit of real cheer for us all! 🎅🎄🤶🌲

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JCPA is proud to stand with @counterhate.com in the face of this blatantly authoritarian move to punish the Administration's critics and protect Big Tech oligarchs. Imran and the team at CCDH are important partners in our work to combat antisemitism and violent extremism online.

The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground. Wonderful!

12/In the US, it is unclear what national interest is being served by sanctioning EU officials. Increasingly, it looks like hyper elites (think Big Tech) is driving the bus. The result: an acceleration in the breakdown of transatlantic relations. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

2/In terms of substance, the document is clear, a key problem in Europe is the EU: "We stand for the sovereign rights of nations, against the sovereignty-sapping incursions of the most intrusive transnational organizations...The larger issues facing Europe include activities of the European Union."

Now, during the time for giving, would you consider giving to CCDH? Your gift would fuel the research campaigns and advocacy to hold tech bosses accountable for the harms they cause online. Together, we can build a safer internet for all. Donate today ⤵️

Statement from CEO, Imran Ahmed on the Sunset Section 230 Act #christchurchcall https://counterhate.com/blog/statement-from-ceo-imran-ahmed-on-the-sunset-section-230-act/ Imran Ahmed, Founder & CEO, Center for Countering Digital Hate: “All Americans should thank Senators Graham, Durbin […]

"Free speech is at the core of this case, just not in the way Musk’s supporters want you to think. In fighting for the public’s right to know how platforms are shaping their online world, the EU’s digital regulator has set an important precedent" Our CEO Imran Ahmed in @techpolicypress.bsky.social👇

49. The game isn't over by far. But make no mistake: we are winning. That's something to be proud of. It's something to accelerate. It's nothing to take for granted. And it's certainly no time to take Yglesias' advice and fumble the ball so the other team won't feel so sad. /fin

47. As Amory Lovins has said for years, no one wants a lump of coal, or a barrel of oil. All we want is a hot shower and a cold beer. And if we can get that heat and light and chilling without paying for (or burning) fuel, we're all happier... with one notable exception.

46. We are, in a word, investing in energy productivity, getting more economic value out of less input. That is great news, for the same reason that higher returns on capital are good or increases in labor productivity good. Make more useful stuff with less input and we all get richer.

45. Specifically, we've decoupled economic growth from fossil energy consumption. Coal demand has collapsed. Oil use is flat. Natural gas use is growing but < GDP, even as standards of living have gone up. That's happened because of higher efficiency and decarbonization.

21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!

Cc: @tobiasharris.bsky.social This is an illuminating thread

@ruthdeyermond.bsky.social does us a service here by illustrating the Own Jones-Tommy Robinson alliance

Courage comes in many forms. The bystander at Bondi beach is one example. This piece recounts an extraordinary different kind, where by having a conversation and listening, Nathan Newby talked Mohammad Farooq down from setting off a bomb. Recommend www.ft.com/content/cd59...

I’ve watched this video at least 10 times and I still get overwhelmed by witnessing an act of pure heroism. We don’t see this enough these days. He reminds us that we don’t need to give in to fear and be helpless. Each of us has power.

We salute you, Charles Clyde Ebbets

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork