Free Speech And The Critical Difference Between Persuasion and Coercion

The U.S. Supreme Court splits on whether it is inherently coercive when the federal government orders social media platforms to 'comply' with a censorship request.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recalled there was a constant stream of pressure from the Biden White House during the pandemic to censor material that was not demonstrably false.

In fact, he said, some of the 18 million posts that Facebook censored in 2021 turned out to be accurate.

In some instances, medical professionals…