Judge Blocks Deportation of Anti-Disinformation CEO

Is this deportation an unconstitutional silencing, or the removal of a foreign threat to free speech?

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Judge Blocks Deportation of Anti-Disinformation CEO

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Above: Imran Ahmed, founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, in London in March 2024. Image credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Images/Getty Images

The Spin

Left narrative

The administration's attempt to deport a green card holder with U.S. family solely for combating antisemitism and protecting children from social media harm represents blatantly unconstitutional government overreach. A federal judge immediately recognized this obvious violation and granted a restraining order as the government cannot silence truth-tellers simply for speaking out against powerful interests. This effort to ban vital researchers who expose online hate and disinformation won't succeed in intimidating those committed to keeping Americans safe.

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Right narrative

Foreign activists have weaponized nongovernmental organizations to coerce American tech platforms into censoring protected American speech, creating serious national security threats that demand immediate action. These radical European ideologues advanced foreign government censorship campaigns against U.S. companies and citizens under the guise of combating disinformation. America is finally reclaiming First Amendment sovereignty by treating this industrialized, transnational censorship apparatus as the threat it truly represents.

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Metaculus Prediction

There is a 10% chance that AI will be given legal rights or be protected from abuse anywhere in the United States before 2035, according to the Metaculus prediction community.