Meet Foundation for Freedom Online: A free speech watchdog dedicated to restoring America’s promise of a free and open Internet.

Mike Benz and his Foundation for Freedom Online are both major allies in the fight for free speech on major social media platforms. 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 support, and public policy analysis of developing threats to digital liberties, we seek 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.

According to the FFO’s mission:

Through educational reports, legal assistance, and public policy analysis concerning developing threats to digital liberties, we seek 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.

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Mike Benz is the founder of the Foundation For Freedom Online (FFO) is a free speech watchdog dedicated to restoring the promise of a free and open Internet.

Executive Director Benz 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.