> Telling internet companies that if they moderate things in a way he doesn’t like, he will use the power of the state to punish them. This includes fact-checking things in a way he dislikes,
I like dang's comment on fact-checking where he noted:
> the question, "what are the facts?" is complex enough to already recreate the entire political and ideological contest.
Also coming to mind is some other recent Techdirt,
> Dear Senators Klobuchar & Lujan: Now Do You See Why Letting HHS Censor “Misinformation” Is A Terrible Idea?
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/11/20/dear-senators-klobuchar-...
Because facts are at best malleable and at worst disinformation, and what seems about to happen with HHS seems like some seriously dangerous alt-facts.
I'm making a leap in domain here, but also alas, Trump is already about facing on any pretense of things like journalistic shield laws. This government seems so intent on pursuing a very specific narrow interpretation of facts, and doing incredibly bad things to people who have ever said otherwise.
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/11/25/trump-orders-republicans...