A free press has always come at a price. Free and open public spheres are always unpleasant, frequently abusive, and chock-full of all sorts of lies, conspiracy theories, and nonsense. What the Internet has done is lowered the barriers to entry to the ground, and perhaps lower—it is not just that it is easier to publish online, but we are expected to have some kind of online presence, just as a matter of norms and facilitating social coordinatio…
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