I'm from Europe, and there are a number of laws against misinformation and hate-speech already [0,1,2,3,4]. Notably, Scotland bans hate speech in private homes

I'm from Europe, and there are a number of laws against misinformation and hate-speech already [0,1,2,3,4]. Notably, Scotland bans hate speech in private homes too [5,6]. Free speech protections in the rest of the world are even worse, China and Russia the usual examples. As hallowed as the 1st amendment is, it's dangerous to rely solely on legal protections, especially as public sentiment has started to turn against free speech in the US as well [7,8,9]. Ignoring misinformation and hate speech, what will happen when employment contracts or terms of use start to further limit our behavior? While it has a good record on free speech, the US has a disturbing trend of treating contracts as sacrosanct. [0] https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/07/13/now-the-police-are-arresting-12-year-olds-for-hate-speech/ https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/07/13/now-the-police-are-... [1] https://www.npr.org/2022/04/23/1094485542/eu-law-big-tech-hate-speech-disinformation https://www.npr.org/2022/04/23/1094485542/eu-law-big-tech-ha... [2] https://www.legaldive.com/news/digital-services-act-dsa-eu-misinformation-law-propaganda-compliance-facebook-gdpr/691657/ https://www.legaldive.com/news/digital-services-act-dsa-eu-m... [3] https://thebulletin.org/premium/2021-05/countries-have-more-than-100-laws-on-the-books-to-combat-misinformation-how-well-do-they-work/ https://thebulletin.org/premium/2021-05/countries-have-more-... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_by_country [5] https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1352957/snp-news-scotland-hate-crime-law-humza-yousaf-holyrood-latest-nicola-sturgeon https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1352957/snp-news-sco... [6] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-56364821 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-563... [7] https://www.thefire.org/news/new-survey-reveals-americans-attitudes-campus-free-speech https://www.thefire.org/news/new-survey-reveals-americans-at... [8] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/06/most-americans-support-freedom-speech/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/06/most-amer... [9] https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2015/05/20/hate-speech https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/20...