Taking On Big Tech with CCDH's Imran Ahmed

The Home Front

Reed Galen

Government, News, News Commentary, Politics

5.0 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Hey! Before you listen or watch this, rate The Home Front 5 Stars! Do it now before you forget! Today, Imran Ahmed, founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, discusses the significant influence of wealthy tech executives on social media and the implications for democracy and society. He emphasizes the need for accountability, transparency, and regulation in the tech industry, particularly regarding the impact of social media on children and the spread of misinformation. The discussion also touches on the bipartisan efforts to address these issues and the importance of fostering real-life connections in an increasingly digital world. Learn more about Imran's work at CCDH: https://counterhate.com/ Join The Union today! It's 2026 and we need YOUR help to rebuild democracy. Civic Forum is going to give new voices and ideas a place to be heard! Sign up today to be first to know when we launch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	Back to the home front. I'm your host, Reid Galen. Today, I'm joined by Imran Ahmed, who is the founder
0:36.3	and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate.
0:39.2	We also call it CCDH.
0:41.0	He is leading efforts to hold social media and AI companies accountable when their systems harm children and undermine our shared civic life.
0:51.7	A recognized authority on the social and psychological impacts of digital platforms and the manipulation of our information civic life, a recognized authority on the social and psychological impacts of
0:54.8	digital platforms and the manipulation of our information environment. He regularly appears in the media
1:00.0	and in documentaries and envises policymakers on commonsense safeguards that put people first. Not only
1:05.6	that, there are some very famous and powerful people, Amron, that you make mad on a pretty regular basis. So
1:11.7	welcome back. It has been a while. How are you? I'm surprisingly well, actually, given all that's
1:16.8	been going on the last month and a half. How about you, Reid? It's been a while. It has been.
1:21.0	You know, look, as you said, we live in interesting times, which, you know, it is our lot. But tell us about what's going on.
1:29.2	I'm glad to have you on because what I am seeing, and let me just, because I'm an ancient
1:34.1	campaign guy now, Emron, I see everything first through the frame of electoral politics,
1:39.3	campaign politics, which I know is a very narrow one. But the reason why I want to bring it up
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