[pstuart]

I agree wholeheartedly.

There's an innate tension between "freedom of speech" and "weaponized misinformation".

I think Karl Popper’s "paradox of tolerance" needs to be front and center in this discussion -- as it's playing out as predicted: free speech is embraced by those who are empowered by it, who then clamp down on free speech to suppress dissent.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administr...

All the noise from the "absolute free-speech" folk who wanted to promote their conspiracy theories and hate speech are notably quiet now. And ironically, their "free speech" rants were not First Amendment issues as they were complaining about being platformed by private parties.