John Kerry Calls First Amendment a Roadblock to Democratic Efforts To Build ‘Consensus’ Around Issues

‘It’s really hard to govern today,’ Mr. Kerry says of the social media age.

State Department via Wikimedia Commons
State Secretary Kerry at the World Economic Forum in 2016. State Department via Wikimedia Commons

A former secretary of state and one-time Democratic presidential hopeful, John Kerry, speaking in a panel at a World Economic Forum meeting in New York City, suggested that the Constitution’s First Amendment is an impediment to efforts by the government to tamp down what he calls misinformation and disinformation and build ‘consensus’ around such issues as climate change.

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