MSNBC legal analyst Barbara McQuade on the Rachel Maddow Show argues that regulating speech is not censorship if there's a compelling governmental interest.
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“Our deep commitment to free speech in our First Amendment.” makes The US vulnerable. #Propaganda pic.twitter.com/ax8tEG5Pdr
MSNBC legal analyst Barbara McQuade argued Monday that the United States’ “deep commitment to free speech” makes Americans uniquely susceptible to disinformation campaigns.
McQuade, a University of Michigan law professor, went on “The Rachel Maddow Show” to promote her new book, “Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America.” She said her “goal” with the book was to spark a “national conversation about truth and our commitment to it.”
She added, “I hope that by dissecting it, explaining it, and educating the public, we can all see disinformation for what it is so that we can begin to push back against it.”
When asked by host Rachel Maddow whether America is just as susceptible to disinformation as other countries, McQuade argued that it is even more vulnerable.
