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Jewish groups defend European media monitors banned for what State Dept. calls ‘censorship’ 

JL;DR SUMMARY The Biden Administration's visa restrictions on European digital hate-speech activists have drawn criticism from Jewish organizations, who see these figures as allies in countering online antisemitism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish Federations Of North AmericaState DepartmentCensorshipSocial MediaJewish Council For Public AffairsDigital HateImran AhmedVisa RestrictionsEuropean Union Of Jewish Students

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Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Ahmed also presented his findings at JFNAs recent General Assembly in Washington, as well as at a Jewish Funders Network convening."
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to journalists at the airport in Hamilton, Ontario, on Nov. 12, 2025."
United Kingdom
"Representatives for JFNA and the JCPA, two groups that have worked extensively with the British digital researcher Imran Ahmed, stood up for him in interviews with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency."
Germany
"In 2023 the European Union of Jewish Students, a group representing pro-Israel Jewish university students throughout Europe, sued X, then called Twitter, in German court over the proliferation of antisemitic content."
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
"Ahmed and Spitalnick began working together in the aftermath of Spitalnicks successful effort to prosecute the organizers of the Unite the Right march in Charlottesville, Virginia."
Berlin, Germany
"Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, founder of HateAid, attends the ceremony for the presentation of the 2021 ifa Award for the Dialogue of Cultures, at Allianz Forum in Berlin, Sept, 14, 2021."
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
"Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate, speaks at the Eradicate Hate summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Oct. 5, 2023."
Canada
"The passage highlighted by Rogers references Canadas infamous residential school system, an effort to force cultural assimilation on the countrys Indigenous populations that resulted in the deaths of thousands of children and persisted for generations."

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