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Action against Russian meddling cannot threaten our civil liberties
The greatest threats to civil liberties often occur in the name of “national security.”
- Alex Baiocco
- The Hill
History has shown that free political speech is almost always among the first rights to be curbed.
In the ongoing debate surrounding appropriate remedies and responses to foreign election campaign interference, we must remain skeptical of any proposal that risks repeating this shameful history.
This brings us to the Honest Ads Act. The bill’s sponsors in Congress are pitching their proposal as a…