Mike Benz doesn't look particularly educated on the subject of USAID. It's not simply a front for US imperialism. It's the US mechanism to accomplish foreign po

Mike Benz doesn't look particularly educated on the subject of USAID. It's not simply a front for US imperialism. It's the US mechanism to accomplish foreign policy funding objectives. That includes things that fall under the umbrella as well as activities like HIV research/treatment/prevention and international food security. As anyone who's worked with NGOs knows, public health campaigns in third world countries naturally involves public information campaigns. During COVID, USAID put together an informational primer on social media disinformation to educate partners about how disinformation works, linked here [0]. This is what Benz is referring to and I recommend reading it yourself. It's pretty innocuous and it doesn't actually call for USAID (or other government agencies) to redirect funding to different social media platforms. Rather, it recommends that platforms implement fact checking and that governments should support free and open journalism. [0] https://www.scribd.com/document/713373775/USAID-Disinformation-Primer-Feb-2021-America-First-Legal-FOIA-Production https://www.scribd.com/document/713373775/USAID-Disinformati...