“The foreign policy establishment has seized jurisdiction over all things domestic,” Mike Benz says. “Whoever controls the Department of Dirty Tricks can remove all opposition on the political, social, and cultural side.”
In a recent comprehensive interview on “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek spoke with Mike Benz about today’s censorship regime and how tactics once used abroad were deployed to target Americans and so-called election delegitimization or COVID-19 “misinformation” online. Benz is the executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online and a former State Department diplomat under the Trump administration.
Jan Jekielek: Mike, you have a mission of fostering a free and open internet. Where are we now?…