Mike Benz: Trump’s free speech executive order cuts off the ‘lifeblood’ of the censorship industry

Mike Benz, executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online, says President Donald Trump’s executive order banning all federal agencies and contractors from censorship activities is designed to cut off the “economic lifeblood” of the global censorship industry. Benz says 20 government agencies under the Biden administration provided various forms of grants and contracts to conduct “counter-misinformation,” “digital resilience,” and “information integrity” work.