State Laws as a Backup Plan for Censorship

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Mike Benz is a former State Department official and current Executive Director of the Foundation For Freedom Online, a free speech watchdog organization dedicated to restoring the promise of a free and open Internet.

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OUTLINE

00:00 - Music diplomacy

17:17 - USAID is funding shadow diplomacy

19:41 - Dua Lipa is pop propaganda

26:14 - Bono's liveaid scam

35:32 - Taylor Swift & The Gerasimov Doctrine

49:08 - NATO & Graphika censorship

01:05:03 - The Minerva Initiative

01:12:15 - Taylor Swift is a military disinformation asset

01:22:28 - Digital Censorship Act: how the EU can censor American speech

01:36:55 - Newsguard, middleware & social media censorship

01:48:47 - YouTube's settlement with Trump

01:57:12 - Google's 'Project Owl'

02:07:05 - Section 230 is a distraction

02:19:28 - Aftermath of Charlie Kirk's death

02:24:04 - The federal vs. state censorship crisis

02:39:02 - Who benefits from the censorship industry

02:44:39 - WEF push for digital ID's

02:51:09 - Elon Musk & the digital control grid

03:03:22 - Future of freedom of speech

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