Because most people are more adverse to criminalization of publishing misinformation & you need one or other to prevent disastrous outcomes.
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Replying to @RichFelker @whitequark
FWIW my view is opposite; I'd rather publishing/advising quackery be criminal & self-medication with good factual info be legal.
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Replying to @RichFelker
to enforce that you'll need a pretty serious censorship machine, which is arguably even worse
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Replying to @whitequark
If censorship = prior restraint, no. Just prosecuting ppl who go around promoting quackery.
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Replying to @RichFelker
not prior restraint, but criminalizing nonviolent behavior like that doesn't sit too well with me
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Replying to @whitequark
I don't see convincing cancer patients they'll get better if they refuse treatment and take some vitamins as "nonviolent".
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Replying to @RichFelker
many of our treatment for cancer result in severe suffering without significant or even any prolonging of life
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Replying to @whitequark @RichFelker
so yes, I think it is reasonable in many cases to go and convince cancer patients that they should do nothing about their cancer
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Replying to @whitequark
There's a difference in choosing hospice care possibly with herbal supplements and being lied to that a miracle herb will cure your cancer.
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Replying to @RichFelker @whitequark
Someone in that position is very vulnerable to false hope through effectively promoted disinformation.
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At-scale weaponized disinformation for political & economic exploitation shouldn't be shielded by free speech absolutism.
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Replying to @RichFelker
I'm not an advocate for absolute free speech by any measure
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