Rick HasenVerified account

/7 in place of media scarcity, we now have media firehose which has diluted trusted sources of information and led to the rise of fake news

/8 The demise of local newspapers sets the stage for an increase in corruption among state and local officials.

Rather than democratizing politics,cheap speech appears to be hastening the irrelevancy of parties by facilitating the ability of demagogues

/10 Social media also can both increase intolerance and overcome collective action problems, both allowing for peaceful protest ...

/11 but also supercharging polarization and raising the dangers of violence in the United States.

/12 SCOTUS libertarian 1st A doctrine did not cause democracy problems from cheap speech, but it may stand in the way of needed reforms

/13 It may facilitate foreign money in elections, lack of disclosure, more false speech

/14 Solution is not to allow government to ban fake news, surely a cure worse than disease