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Are Social Media Platforms Killing Our Democracy? (with Imran Ahmed)

The Lincoln Project

The Lincoln Project

News, Government, Politics, News Commentary

4.69.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Host Reed Galen is joined by Imran Ahmed, the Founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH). They discuss CCDH’s latest legal victory against Elon Musk and Twitter, why our democracy’s stability is threatened by unregulated social media platforms and accompanying disinformation, and why balancing innovation with safety and prosperity is crucial for the future of technology and society. For more on this, be sure to check out the work of Imran Ahmed and CCDH…especially their Parent’s Guide and recent PSA discussed in this episode. For more from Reed Galen, be sure to subscribe to “The Home Front”. If you’d like to ask a question or share a comment with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:30.5

Hey everyone it's Reed before we get started. I just want you to understand that what we're

0:34.8

fighting is multi-front battle. There will be the airwaves, there will be the internet, there

0:40.8

will be neighborhoods and town hall meetings, but all of it matters.

0:44.6

It all ladders up to making sure that if we've done our part in our cities, in our counties,

0:50.5

and our states, that we will be victorious in November. I thank you so much for

0:56.0

listening. I hope you share this podcast with your friends, your families, and

0:59.9

your colleagues and anybody who wants to know more about this fight.

1:03.0

Thanks everybody for listening and now on with the show. Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. I'm your host, Reed Gaille. Today I'm joined

1:19.8

by Imran Amit, the CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, or CCDH.

1:25.1

C. C.D.H. is an organization whose mission is to protect human rights and civil liberties

1:28.8

online, particularly by holding social media companies accountable, and recently emerged victorious at a lawsuit

1:35.4

with Elon Musk and X, formerly known as Twitter.

1:38.3

Imran is an authority on social and psychological malignancies on social media such as identity-based hate

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