Alexander Hall, Fox News Feb. 29, 2024 MSNBC legal analyst Barbara McQuade argued Monday that the United States’ “deep commitment to free speech” makes Americans uniquely susceptible to disinformation campaigns.
McQuade, a University of Michigan law professor, went on “The Rachel Maddow Show” topromote her new book, “Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America.” She said her “goal” with the book was to spark a “national conversation about truth and our commitment to it.”
She added, “I hope that by dissecting it, explaining it, and educating the public, we can all see disinformation for what it is so that we can begin to push back against it.”
When asked by host Rachel Maddowwhether America is just as susceptible to disinformation as other countries, McQuade argued thatit is even more vulnerable. (That’s because we have stronger objections and logic) “Actually, Rachel, I think we’re more susceptible to it than other countries, and that’s because some of our greatest strengths can also be our Achilles Heel,” McQuade said. “So, for example, our deep commitment to free speech in our First Amendment. It is a cherished right. It’s an important right in democracy, andnobody wants to get rid of it, but it makes us vulnerable to claims [that]anything we want to do related to speech is censorship.”
MSNBC legal analyst Barbara McQuade told host Rachel Maddow that Americans’ defense of free speech makes them uniquely susceptible to disinformation campaigns.
She argued, “Of course, the Supreme Court has held that all fundamental rights, even the right to free speech, can be limitedas long as there is a compelling governmental interest and the restriction is narrowly tailored to achieve that interest. But I think any time someone tries to do anything that might limit free speech, people claim censorship.” McQuade held up as an example this week’s Supreme Court cases regarding state laws about how social media platforms moderate content. MSNBC host Rachel Maddow praised the book’s arguments and touted McQuade’s work as a “real public service and a pleasure.” MSNBC
“We need to have a conversation and common-sense solutions to these things,” she said. “Instead, we throw out terms like ‘censorship,’ call each other names, use labels and retreat to our opposite sides. We need to be pragmatic and come up with real solutions.”
(How many times has the SC shot down limits to free speech, these people won't stop.)
We can start with restricting MSNBC
Of course, common sense speech laws. Just like the common sense fir-arms laws .... First you need to pass a back ground check before even opening your mouth to say something in order to receive a speech-registration card.
Then, of course, there will be an agency checking in on you if you really are using your speech in accordance with the statute, and of course, these agencies will be able to further narrow down what is speech within the meaning of the law.
Enter red flag laws for speech.
All you need your mouth for is shove things down and if needed, an occasional cunnilingus. And what acceptable use in shoving things down is: eat critters/ bugs.
And you'll need an expensive "tax stamp" for the really spicy hot-takes!
And you are allowed to say: come in, when you comply with taking in an illegal alien.
That is a real expansion of speech laws.
Common sense and speech restrictions should NEVER be in the same sentence... 😒
The Nazis and Commies never went away. They just got hired by all the governments around the world. Think of the past two world wars as a live screening process for who would best serve the New World Order. The US Gov hired all the best Nazi experts to continue their experiments and agenda in private.
Just make it illegal to tell lies. Problem solved!
Sounds like a "safe and effective" solution to me.
that's a slippery slope.
"he went that-a-way!"
You are telling a lie. Off with your head. Unless you can prove you're correct , I'll decide.
Judge Engoron, is that you?
We are chosen for something.....by whom ? And for what ?
Sometimes you just learn more from bad examples.
Ask them who give them the liberty to speak
Their Evil plan is in Jeopardy as long as Free Speech exists somewhere on the Planet.
We do realize that is an oxymoron?
Yeah how about ban media gaslighting ?!
They have no idea Elon letting that sink in…