I can understand that they are worried about lies being told, but the solution to malicious liars is not to stifle free speech in general. The fact is, sadly,

I can understand that they are worried about lies being told, but the solution to malicious liars is not to stifle free speech in general. The fact is, sadly, that in any free society freedom of speech will be misused by some people. And the fact remains that in this particular space, we do need people to be able to blow the whistle if something wrong is being done. We know that bad things do happen, and when they do, they can be horrifying. The animals have basically no defense but the conscience of the owner, and, should that fail, a whistleblower.