Overview
- HateAid said Josephine Ballon’s ESTA was revoked and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg currently lacks a U.S. visa, and the group is assessing potential impacts on payments and accounts with U.S. providers.
- Imran Ahmed, the CCDH chief and a Green Card holder, sued senior U.S. officials and won a temporary injunction barring his arrest or removal, with a court hearing scheduled for Monday.
- Washington labeled the five as “radical activists” accused of “censoring” U.S. platforms, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned the list could grow without a course change.
- EU leaders and the European Commission condemned the move and requested clarifications, with Brussels signaling possible steps to defend regulatory autonomy and France’s Emmanuel Macron calling the measures intimidation.
- Those named are HateAid’s Ballon and von Hodenberg, CCDH’s Ahmed, GDI’s Clare Melford, and former EU commissioner Thierry Breton, a key architect of the Digital Services Act.