Tim Walz: There’s No Guarantee to Free Speech for Misinformation or Hate Speech

‘The first amendment is foundational’

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WALZ: “Look, the First Amendment is foundational. It's something I spent my whole life, the vice president, and I think most Americans are clear on this. The point being on this, we are seeing censorship coming in the form of book bannings in different places, we are seeing attempts at schools. The issue on this was, is the hate speech and the protected hate speech: Speech that's aimed at creating violence, speech that’s aimed at threats to individuals, and that’s what we’re talking about in this. And the decision on that, society decides on a lot of this. The idea of someone going on and threatening someone’s life or a child’s life online, I don’t think any of your viewers think that is something should be acceptable."

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