Protecting Americans From Internet Censorship
Foundation For Freedom Online (FFO) is a free speech watchdog dedicated to restoring the promise of a free and open Internet.
Through educational reports, legal assistance, and public policy analysis concerning developing threats to digital liberties, the Foundation For Freedom Online (FFO) seeks to provide nonpartisan insights and assistance to all peoples taking a stand for freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and the free exchange of ideas online.
Founder of FFO
Mike Benz is the Executive Director of the Foundation For Freedom Online (FFO). He is a former State Department diplomat responsible for formulating and negotiating US foreign policy on international communications and information technology matters. Mr. Benz founded FFO as a civil society institution building on his experience in the role of championing digital freedom around the world in the public sector.
- Internews, Backed by $400M USAID War Chest, Pushes Ad Blacklists
- Appropriations Bill Takes Aim at Federal Censorship Funding
- No Warrant, No Reason, No Notice: Canada’s New Disconnect Power
- Fines, Bans, Forced Newsfeed Changes: An Overview of UK Online Censorship
- UK Digital ID Looms As Government Plans Social Media Ban for Under-16s
- Censorship Industry: The European Firms Monetizing the DSA
- The EuroStack: How ‘Digital Sovereignty’ Became a Plan to Replace American Tech
- The Carnegie Blueprint: How a US-Linked Nonprofit Shaped the UK’s Online Censorship Act
- Germany’s Media Regulators to Force Platforms to Elevate ‘Trusted’ Outlets
- TikTok Censors UK Opposition Party Due to Online Safety Act
- UK Forces X to Work With Nonprofit That Vowed to ‘Kill’ It
- CCDH Founder Admits Disinformation Researchers Are the Engine of Global Censorship
- US Government Concedes First Amendment Violation in Berenson Settlement
- Firewall of Europe: Online Censors Call for EU Social Media, Discuss ‘Kinetic Options’ Against US Tech
- House Moves to Codify Ban on Federal Censorship in Appropriations Bill
