Foundation for Freedom Online was given nearly full credit from Nature Magazine for the backlash against the censorship industry. “The idea of a coordinated censorship regime originated last year from a series of reports by the Foundation for Freedom Online, a self-described watchdog organization set up by a former US State Department diplomat. Conservative billionaire…
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Mike recorded an interview with OANN’s Neil McCabe about online censorship. This interview also has not been posted online, yet. Mike BenzMichael Benz is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Freedom Online. Previously, Mr. Benz served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Communications and Information Technology at the U.S. Department of State. Follow him…
Read articleMike recorded an interview with Fox News’ Jon Michael Raasch about AI censorship, which explores the causes and consequences of the concepts Mike discussed in a now-viral video posted on Twitter. This interview aired on Saturday but has not been uploaded to the Fox News website, yet. The Twitter video received extensive write-ups in Zerohedge,…
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Mike appeared on Rob Schmitt’s show with guest host Seb Gorka to discuss the a court decision on July 4th that stopped the Biden Administration from communicating with social media companies for censorship operations. Two state Attorneys General brought the lawsuit, and the decision has already been appealed by the Biden Administration. Mike has said…
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SUMMARY Harvard’s in-house censorship journal published an article declaring the field of “mis- and disinformation studies” to be “too big to fail” and “here to stay.” Citing government funding to academic departments who study how to optimize online censorship, the Harvard magazine embraced language from the 2008 financial crisis language reserved for major banks. The…
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SUMMARY Newly obtained FOIA documents from America First Legal reveal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to produce training videos that get “bystanders” to intervene against “radicalization” of their peers. DHS targeted “suburban Moms” with pro-life beliefs and “old high school friends” who believe in “conspiracies” as examples of radicalized citizens in need of bystander…
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SUMMARY Graphika, a company that monitors online communities for government agencies, began collecting data on social media users sharing “disinformation” about Covid-19 two weeks before the World Health Organization even knew of an outbreak. The private firm, which has received millions in Pentagon grants and contracts, targeted “US right-wing” communities as the top disinfo threat,…
Read articleOnline censorship continues to proliferate in government agencies, using hidden meanings for everyday terms in order to spread a paradigm of distrust that turns censorship tools against US citizens.
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The public-private domestic censorship operation coordinated by the federal government has quietly been organized to quell the online opinions of everyday Americans.
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For years, Renée DiResta has been one of the most prominent thought leaders, ubiquitous media voices, and influential “disinfo experts” in the emergent field of professional social media censorship (i.e. the “content moderation” vocation associated with “counter-disinformation” work).
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