>nd whether a piece of information has the potential to harm someone must, at least in a democratic society, balance with other rights such as the freedom of speech, conscience, and assembly.
My government regularly hinders political speech in extremely bad and unhealthy ways. We have a constitutional right to freedom of speech but then a number of carve outs were created for a 'reasonable democracy' and has effectively eliminated free speech.
You basically cant go around judging speech expect in very very narrow exceptions. Carving out 'misinformation' or 'abusive' or 'hate' exceptions are readily misused to hinder political opponents.
This literally can't be done in practice. The only cure for bad speech is more speech.
My government regularly hinders political speech in extremely bad and unhealthy ways. We have a constitutional right to freedom of speech but then a number of carve outs were created for a 'reasonable democracy' and has effectively eliminated free speech.
You basically cant go around judging speech expect in very very narrow exceptions. Carving out 'misinformation' or 'abusive' or 'hate' exceptions are readily misused to hinder political opponents.
This literally can't be done in practice. The only cure for bad speech is more speech.