A bigger concern in the US is probably attempts to regulate "fake news". The US Constitution has strong protections for expressing opinions, even hateful ones s

A bigger concern in the US is probably attempts to regulate "fake news". The US Constitution has strong protections for expressing opinions, even hateful ones so long as they don't promote imminent lawless action. Knowingly making false statements of fact has not been given anywhere near the same level of protection. Any such regulation would be enforced by a part of the government that answers to the president. The current president has a habit of calling mainstream media outlets that are critical of him "fake news". Having to prove the truth of a large portion of the news stories published in a newspaper in court would be prohibitively expensive.