The Problem of Free Speech in an Age of Disinformation
I come from a country where a free speech was never really a thing, and I tell you, americans, this: you don&#x27;t value it enough.<p>Restrictions on free speech inevitably lead to some form of censorship, and any form of censorship inevitably leads to the population being subjected to some &#x27;official&#x27; version of &#x27;truth&#x27;. This &#x27;truth&#x27;, however, is carefully curated to coerce the population to act in a certain way.<p>So when Twitter or Facebook start &#x27;fact checking&#x27; posts, you shouldn&#x27;t say &#x27;Twitter is a private company, 1st amendment doesn&#x27;t apply to it&#x27;, you should grab pitchforks and put their censorship efforts to rest.