The next Democratic president will pursue more censorship

Published September 30, 2024 2:32pm ET



The next Democratic presidential administration is going to make censorship a top priority, all under the guise of fighting against “disinformation” and “misinformation.”

John Kerry, who was the 2004 Democratic nominee for president and a high-ranking member of the last two Democratic administrations, said at the World Economic Forum that “our First Amendment stands as a major block to the ability to be able to just hammer” disinformation “out of existence.” Kerry was bemoaning that people could go to get information from any one single “sick” media outlet and that the First Amendment protects those outlets even if they push “disinformation.”

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