It's hard to have a society where lies are expensive that doesn't lead to suppressing speech in general. So, I think you touch on a real problem - but I don't

It's hard to have a society where lies are expensive that doesn't lead to suppressing speech in general. So, I think you touch on a real problem - but I don't think making lies expensive will lead to a good outcome either. The internet creates a huge amount of easily accessible false information, but also a huge amount of easily accessible true information (more than at any other time in history). People just need the ability to tell the difference. Arguably access to all the information in the world won't save us because the non-free stuff isn't accurate either, and people still aren't trying to actually understand what's true. They're just trying to find stuff to support what they already believe. https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/i2z7i5/the_truth_is_paywalled_but_the_lies_are_free/g081ol4/ https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/i2z7i5/the_...