Correct, the mere act of spreading foreign propaganda, without more, is not illegal. But spreading foreign propaganda is indeed illegal despite that precedent

Correct, the mere act of spreading foreign propaganda, without more, is not illegal. But spreading foreign propaganda is indeed illegal despite that precedent if one does it as an agent of a foreign government within the FARA legal definition (which is reasonably implied by being on their payroll) and does not register with the US government as a foreign agent, aside from certain exceptions. That’s the scenario which started this subthread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42430717 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42430717