Imran Ahmed (strategist)

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]

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Ahmed attended medical school, but dropped out to work in corporate strategy for Merrill Lynch. He later studied political science at Cambridge University, and began a career as a political strategist for the Labour Party. He served notable candidates, including the then shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn and Andy Slaughter.^[5][6] In 2018, he founded the Center for Countering Digital Hate, with the stated purpose of deplatforming actors that the organization believes express hate and misinformation.^[7]

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