Free Speech for individuals does not mean that we have an interest in allowing foreign and potentially hostile actors to run propaganda campaigns using the ad targeting machine we have built using social media.
They can say what they want and every citizen can do so as well, but we should not allow asymmetric amplification.
Just be honest and admit that you are pro-censorship in some issues, instead of using weasel words like that.
That isn't honest. Honest would be admitting the difference of opinion as to what "free speech" and "censorship" entail.
Lot of words to say "free speech for me but not for thee"
This is exactly how China is justifying their censorship.
It’s not so much about the speech as it is about using government money to rent the best spots on the town square.
As someone who lives in a country where political advertising is illegal, I'm pretty confident you can shut that crap down without impacting free speech.
Nah, that's over. The American public is too delicate to be exposed to official state broadcasts because they might be biased towards the state that produced them.