The New York Times Warns That Freedom of Speech ‘Threatens Public Health’ and ‘Democracy Itself’

…Myers may disagree with that calculation or recoil at its implications. But the First Amendment clearly bars the government from banning speech it views as hazardous to public health or democracy. The plaintiffs in Missouri v. Biden, who include individual social media users represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), argue that federal officials have violated the First Amendment by trying to accomplish that goal indirectly, blurring the distinction between private moderation and state censorship. The government “can’t use third parties to do what it can’t do,” NCLA attorney Jenin Younes tells the Times…

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