Sunday, August 25, 2024

This Election Is a Referendum on Free Speech

The Supreme Court had multiple opportunities during the last term to end the censorship of conservatives by social media.

Now, Democrats are free to double down on the Biden-Harris administration’s massive censorship enterprise.

Today, nearly a third of Americans believe free speech rights go too far.

Last week, referring to Elon Musk’s interview with Donald Trump on X, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre channeled former Press Secretary Jen Psaki, asserting that social media companies have a “responsibility” to stop disinformation and misinformation.

Until recently, there was bipartisan agreement on the centrality of free speech to American liberties.

A July report from the Justice Department recycles the same justification of malign foreign influence it used in defending Murthy to again authorize DOJ collaboration with social media platforms to suppress disfavored postings.

The Democrat platform sees controlling disinformation as a priority. 

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/08/25/this_election_referendum_on_free_speech_151513.html

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