> If you steal an candy bar, the government can "compel speech" in the form of forcing you to return the stolen property. This is a great example of a thing th

> If you steal an candy bar, the government can "compel speech" in the form of forcing you to return the stolen property. This is a great example of a thing that is not remotely 'compelled speech.' Here's the wiki article on the topic[1]. There's a pretty high bar for the government to create exceptions to the First Amendment. A better example of compelled speech is the FBI trying to require Apple to write software that would give police a backdoor into any iPhone user's phone[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compelled_speech#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compelled_speech#United_States [2] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/03/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-apple-and-compelled-speech https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/03/what-we-talk-about-whe...