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Originally Posted by Mathgod
I'm all for free speech.
But at some point society needs to come to the realization that there's nothing OK about earning money by spreading lies.
At some point, I really think there should be some kind of law that prohibits peddling lies as a business model. You wanna lie your ass off? Go ahead. But you should not be allowed to make money by doing so.
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As mentioned above, libel laws are already a thing. But you really don't want to expand that to include all lies, not just reputationally damaging ones, because that's an easy way for any government to start silencing voices it doesn't want heard
What needs to come back in the US is the Fairness Doctrine. It's removal is what allowed Fox News to become a thing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_doctrine