Imran Ahmed | |
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| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
| Residence(s) | London, U.K. |
Imran Ahmed is a British political strategist, author, and activist who works for Labour candidates and currently serves as the CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate. [1] [2] A Labour member, he is a pundit in UK elections who appears frequently, writes and is quoted in opinion and news articles about politics, media, censorship, and the internet. [3] [4]
Career
Ahmed was born in Manchester, England [5] and attended the upper-class Manchester Grammar School, serving as the editor of the student newspaper. [1] He briefly attended medical school, but dropped out to work in corporate strategy for Merrill Lynch. [5] [2] He later studied political science at Cambridge and began a career as a political strategist for the Labour Party.
He served notable candidates, including Andy Slaughter and then- shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn. [6] [7] In the 2016 election cycle, he led the campaign of Angela Rayner to become Labour leader. [8] In 2018, he founded the Center for Countering Digital Hate, with the purpose of deplatforming people and media organizations that the group believes express hate and misinformation by pressuring advertisers on social media. [6] In April 2020, he was appointed to the United Kingdom's Steering Committee of the Pilot Task Force of the Commission for Countering Extremism. [9]
References
- ^ a b "The New Push for Censorship Under the Guise of Combating Hate". Tablet Magazine.
- ^ a b "Imran Ahmed". Biteback Publishing.
- ^ Pasha-Robinson, Lucy (March 23, 2017). "London attack: Muslim Labour adviser working in Parliament describes how terror unfolded in Westminster". The Independent – via www.independent.co.uk.
- ^ "Opinion | Elon Musk tried to suppress our rights. This judge had other plans". MSNBC.com. March 31, 2024.
- ^ a b https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/114299/witnesses/HHRG-117-IF17-Bio-AhmedI-20211209.pdf
- ^ a b "The activist sued by Elon Musk: 'We have to show we will not be cowed'". www.ft.com.
- ^ "Labour get attacks in early on Toby Young". The Spectator. September 12, 2013.
- ^ MacAskill, Ewen (September 22, 2016). "Labour & Liverpool: the city that reveals the cracks in the party" – via The Guardian.
- ^ "Imran Ahmed". Alan Turing Institute.
Imran Ahmed | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
| Residence(s) | London, U.K. |
Imran Ahmed is a British political strategist, author, and activist who works for Labour candidates and currently serves as the CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate. [1] [2] A Labour member, he is a pundit in UK elections who appears frequently, writes and is quoted in opinion and news articles about politics, media, censorship, and the internet. [3] [4]
Career
Ahmed was born in Manchester, England [5] and attended the upper-class Manchester Grammar School, serving as the editor of the student newspaper. [1] He briefly attended medical school, but dropped out to work in corporate strategy for Merrill Lynch. [5] [2] He later studied political science at Cambridge and began a career as a political strategist for the Labour Party.
He served notable candidates, including Andy Slaughter and then- shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn. [6] [7] In the 2016 election cycle, he led the campaign of Angela Rayner to become Labour leader. [8] In 2018, he founded the Center for Countering Digital Hate, with the purpose of deplatforming people and media organizations that the group believes express hate and misinformation by pressuring advertisers on social media. [6] In April 2020, he was appointed to the United Kingdom's Steering Committee of the Pilot Task Force of the Commission for Countering Extremism. [9]
References
- ^ a b "The New Push for Censorship Under the Guise of Combating Hate". Tablet Magazine.
- ^ a b "Imran Ahmed". Biteback Publishing.
- ^ Pasha-Robinson, Lucy (March 23, 2017). "London attack: Muslim Labour adviser working in Parliament describes how terror unfolded in Westminster". The Independent – via www.independent.co.uk.
- ^ "Opinion | Elon Musk tried to suppress our rights. This judge had other plans". MSNBC.com. March 31, 2024.
- ^ a b https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/114299/witnesses/HHRG-117-IF17-Bio-AhmedI-20211209.pdf
- ^ a b "The activist sued by Elon Musk: 'We have to show we will not be cowed'". www.ft.com.
- ^ "Labour get attacks in early on Toby Young". The Spectator. September 12, 2013.
- ^ MacAskill, Ewen (September 22, 2016). "Labour & Liverpool: the city that reveals the cracks in the party" – via The Guardian.
- ^ "Imran Ahmed". Alan Turing Institute.