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by anigbrowl 3457 days ago
I agree, up to a point - where the disinformation represents a concerted attempt to suppress factual information or delegitimize truthful sources, and the degree of political instability creates an existential threat, for example, or where the publication of information will result in injury with no discernible public benefit, as in the dissemination of child porn.

In any case, freedom of the press is already very robust in the US, unlike some other countries.