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.

Mr. Kerry says there are “sick” people in the press and online who are pushing false narratives for political purposes who should be stopped.