This is a silly example. It's harassment (at least). It's not protected, just like DDoSing a website is not protected speech. And money is necessary for speech

This is a silly example. It's harassment (at least). It's not protected, just like DDoSing a website is not protected speech. And money is necessary for speech. Where do you draw the line? Can I spend $10 on a domain? $100 on hosting? $2000 on design? $5000 split with a friend on video equipment? Take submissions from site's users? How much can they spend on materials and licensing? On the other end of the spectrum, how much can a tv network spend on political programming? Can they invite whomever they like or will the government set the guest list and how much air time they get? How much can a newspaper spend on investigating misconduct of a candidate they don't like? It's easy to cap donations to candidates' committees. Everything else is a mess.