ENOUGH! Tech Executives Start Pro-Free Speech Organization
Virginia | June 3, 2021
Free speech online is an issue that should concern everyone, regardless of political persuasion. To combat the issue, several executives have started an organization to stand up against Big Tech censorship.
The First and Fourteenth Institute (FAFI) claimed to advocate for free speech online, despite the different political leanings of its founders, including one blatant leftist. “We believe this question of censorship is a non-partisan concern that will deeply affect the ability of our country to achieve fairness and progress going forward,” Co-founder Mike Matthys said.
The future of free speech appeared to be a matter of grave concern for FAFI. Matthys said that Big Tech censorship “is targeting conservative persons today, [and] it may target liberal persons in the future,” in an interview with Fox News.
FAFI’s other co-founders also cited concerns over online censorship. Co-founder Brian Jackson explained: “I decided to help co- found[sic] FAFI after being concerned by media handling of election stories, and later became further concerned to see a well-known author have one of his books removed from Amazon without so much as an explanation.”…
(Excerpts from Newsbuster.org)