Eh, this is one of those garbage HN posts, where it's got a political agenda and 5% of HN wants to turn HN into a culture war, so they post bad-faith stuff every now and then which lives for a moment until it gets auto-moderated.

A good-faith article (and good faith individual) would need to wrestle with the complex reality that misinformation is a real threat and make a genuine proposal for a better system, rather than banging on a drum only when it suits their purposes.

Opening comments to the general public to ask a question, in sincerity: what changed the minds of society's former First Amendment advocates?