Mike Benz, Author at Foundation for Freedom Online

Mike Benz

Michael 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 on Twitter @FFO_Freedom.

DHS Censorship Agency Had Strange First Mission: Banning Speech That Casts Doubt On ‘Red Mirage, Blue Shift’ Election Events

ReportsBy Mike BenzNovember 9, 2022

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) quiet coup to establish, for the first time in US history, an explicitly inward-facing domestic censorship bureau.

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DHS Encouraged Children To Report Family To Facebook For Challenging US Government Covid Claims

ReportsBy Mike BenzAugust 28, 2022

This is Part 2 of a multi-part “deep dive” investigation into DHS domestic censorship.

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Department Of Homeland Censorship’: How DHS Seized Power Over Online Speech

ReportsBy Mike BenzAugust 27, 2022

This is Part 1 of a multi-part “deep dive” investigation.

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“Infodemic Unicorns”: New Docs Show US Gov’t Pressured Google To Promote “Counter-Misinformation” Jobs

ReportsBy Mike BenzAugust 2, 2022

New documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) show staffers from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) working hand-in-hand with Google, Twitter, and Facebook/Meta to shut down social media posts challenging Covid orthodoxy.

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US Tax Dollars Funding Text Message Censorship In Brazil

ReportsBy Mike BenzJuly 24, 2022

Censors targeted “trust in family and friends” as a threat to “trust in institutions”, and therefore a threat to democracy.

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