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What role does the government have in legislating protections against misinformation?​

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The Court has suggested the government may not regulate false ideas, and even false factual statements receive some constitutional protection. As a general rule, if a law targets speech based on its expressive content, that content-based regulation will trigger strict scrutiny analysis.

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