British online campaigner vows to fight US deportation threat Imran Ahmed, who leads the Centre for Countering Digital Hate and has close links to the Labour Party, has been hit by US sanctions. Evening Standard · Dec 25, 2025
Trump administration accused of ‘bullying tactics’ over sanctions Former Labour adviser Imran Ahmed and the chief of UK-based Global Disinformation Index Clare Melford were targeted by the US administration. The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2025
Trump administration bans two British free speech campaigners from US as censorship row escalates The visa sanctions have been branded an ‘authoritarian attack on free speech and an egregious act of government censorship’ The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2025
‘Undermines free speech’: Labour MP hits back at US government over visa ban on UK campaigners Chi Onwurah speaks out after Marco Rubio accused five Europeans, including two Britons, of ‘seeking to suppress American viewpoints they oppose’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2025
Trump administration bars Europeans from U.S. for pressuring tech firms to ‘censor’ American speech The move targets architects of the EU’s Digital Services Act and anti-disinformation advocates—triggering diplomatic condemnation from Europe’s leaders. Fortune · Dec 24, 2025
UK politics: Government says it is ‘fully committed to free speech’ after campaigners’ US visa ban – as it happened Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford among five Europeans hit with visa bans over claims they wish to ‘suppress American viewpoints they oppose’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2025
Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation The Guardian - AU · Dec 24, 2025