Commentary
The release of internal Twitter documents detailing the company’s recent collaboration with federal agencies to shut down dissident voices sheds new light on the nature of government-sponsored censorship. But the Twitter Files barely scratch the surface, says former State Department official Mike Benz.
He says that the government has implemented “a whole of society” approach to silence dissent under the guise of fighting “disinformation.” In reality, says Benz, “it’s a censorship industry.” Its purpose is to protect the privileges of U.S. political and corporate elites and turn the power of the federal government against Americans, strip them of their First Amendment rights, and subjugate them like an occupied nation….