Imran Ahmed, the founder and chief executive of a nonprofit organization that works to stop the spread of online hate and disinformation, was among five

Imran Ahmed, the founder and chief executive of a nonprofit organization that works to stop the spread of online hate and disinformation, was among five Europeans barred by the State Department from the United States on Tuesday. The State Department said in a separate announcement that it had “taken steps to impose visa restrictions” The US State Dept describes disinformation research this way: “organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose.”