 The Center for Countering Digital Hate, a pro-censorship group which sought to "kill Elon Musk's Twitter," had a "collaborative effort" behind the scenes with the Israeli government, according to leaked emails obtained by The Grayzone.
From The Grayzone, "Leaked emails expose 'collaborative efforts' between Israeli govt and Center for Countering Digital Hate":
Emails obtained by The Grayzone reveal how leading "anti-hate" campaigner Imran Ahmed collaborated with Israeli embassy officials to censor pro-Palestine social media accounts -- and courted them for donations to his censorship-obsessed Center for Countering Digital Hate.
Since emerging in America from seemingly out of the blue in 2020, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) has become one of the trans-Atlantic establishment's most effective tools for censoring online speech. Its founder, Imran Ahmed, has nurtured close ties with the Biden White House since moving to Washington DC, targeting its political enemies with calls for their removal from social media. Back in his hometown of London, Ahmed was an influential advisor to the neoliberal wing of UK Labour, helping sabotage the leftist insurgency of Jeremy Corbyn and place his ally, Keir Starmer, in charge of the party.
Ahmed has been embroiled in controversy since journalists Paul D. Thacker and Matt Taibbi published internal CCDH documents showing he held private meetings with influential Democratic lawmakers throughout 2024 to advance a plan to "kill Elon Musk's Twitter." The billionaire Twitter/X owner and his allies in president-elect Donald Trump's inner circle retaliated by accusing the British operative of violating laws against foreign interference in American politics.
Ahmed, for his part, has dismissed the charge that he colludes with foreign governments as a kooky conspiracy. "The Center for Countering Digital Hate researches conspiracy theories. We don't engage with them," he said.
However, internal CCDH emails obtained by The Grayzone reveal that while Ahmed nurtures ties to the Labour government in Britain, the self-styled "anti-hate" campaigner also enjoys a secret, "collaborative" relationship with a rogue foreign government whose leadership currently stands accused of genocide by the International Court of Justice, and is wanted for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.
Provided by a CCDH insider who requested to remain anonymous out of fear that Ahmed and his allies would retaliate against him, the emails reveal that top officials in the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC helped introduce Ahmed to potential funders, and were even invited to review a CCDH report before its publication. The report urged Meta to remove pro-Palestine Facebook groups on the grounds that they promoted "anti-Jewish hate." This excerpt was particularly noteworthy:
The anti-Corbyn connection
It is unclear which "relevant parties" were furnished to Ahmed by the Israeli Embassy in DC. However, the emails obtained by The Grayzone indicate that Israel's government planned to assist CCDH through wealthy cut-outs masquerading as altruistic "philanthropists."
Ahmed appears to enjoy a working relationship with at least one figure who fits this mold. He is Trevor Chinn, a multi-millionaire British auto industry baron who is a top funder of Israel lobby activities in the UK.
As Paul D. Thacker and Matt Taibbi revealed, Ahmed emailed Chinn on June 4, 2024 -- one day after he met with the Israeli embassy's Hasson and Hochstetler -- to set up a rendezvous. Copied on the email was Louise Jacobs, a British Zionist activist who serves on the Board of Governors of the Israeli government-controlled Jewish Agency for Israel. Read The Grayzone's full report.
That last excerpt reminds me of how it came out last year that George Soros's son Alex was secretly funding the Israel First "conservative" outlet Compact Magazine.
This bombshell The Grayzone uncovered is obviously shocking but not surprising. There are endless front groups like these (NewsGuard is another) that operate as nothing more than de facto Israeli lobbying groups.
Musk tried to sue the CCDH last year but the case was thrown out by Clinton-appointed federal judge Charles Breyer (yes, he is).
Foreign agents working with foreign governments to take away Americans' free speech rights is apparently protected under the First Amendment but boycotting and criticizing Israel is somehow against the law.
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