The 2016 election illuminated the extent that “fake news” had infiltrated society, resulting in incidents like an man armed with an assault rifle entered a family pizza restaurant because of false reporting he had read online in the “Pizzagate” incident. ![]() Still others rail against Muslims and Islam in the United States, or are anti-Christian. Others promote the beating of gays and lesbians. Some Web sites deny that the Holocaust occurred. Racists, misogynists, xenophobes, and terrorists have used the Web as a haven to communicate their noxious views, harass others, and even plan nefarious deeds. But by providing an open forum for people to communicate with each other, the Internet also paved the way for speech that is usually reserved for the edges of society. The Internet revolutionized the way in which people share information and communicate with each other. ![]() Hudson Jr., First Amendment Scholar, and Mahad Ghani, First Amendment Center Fellow
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