

Episode 4751: UK Under Siege And Battlefield Chicago
Sep 2, 2025
Mike Benz, Executive Director of the Foundation for Freedom Online, discusses the chilling effects of digital censorship in both the UK and the U.S. Reagan Reese, a White House correspondent for The Daily Caller, examines the challenges of covering the Biden Administration and urgent political issues in Chicago. Representative Mary Miller calls for deploying the National Guard to combat rising crime in her district, illuminating the alarming safety dynamics affecting urban communities. The conversation navigates from asylum policies to implications for free speech and community safety.
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UK Online-Speech Crackdown Is Escalating
- The UK is aggressively enforcing online-speech laws and arresting people for social media posts made abroad.
- Mike Benz argues this creates a censorship export risk and demands reevaluating the US-UK relationship.
Reevaluate Financial And Intelligence Ties
- Renegotiate the US-UK
US Grants Fuel UK Censorship Networks
- Mike Benz recounts frequent U.S. funding to British universities and NGOs supporting censorship research.
- He says USAID and DARPA dollars flow to Cambridge, LSE, and other UK institutions aiding joint censorship efforts.