Balancing Free Speech: A Call to Curb Harmful Falsehoods
Limiting free speech in the U.S. by punishing harmful falsehoods is proposed, with distinctions made between benign and dangerous false statements. The approach aims to balance First Amendment rights against the need to combat misinformation that threatens public health, safety, or democracy. Penalties would vary based on the speaker's intent and the potential for harm, targeting deliberate lies while protecting mistaken beliefs and harmless falsehoods.
