Crackpot Facebook pages are fueling anti-vaccine fervor, but allowing the White House to regulate tech is a Very Bad Idea

Informed Dissent

Though Voltaire never said, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” — the quote originated with a 20th-century historian summarizing the 18th-century French philosopher’s beliefs — the sentiment behind the maxim has always been a bedrock upon which liberal democracy stands. Absent the right to propagate viewpoints the majority disdains without fear of reprisal, our constitutional artifice crumbles.…