Looks like Kenyan born Obama condemned free speech while giving a speech at Stanford University on or about April 22, 2022.
He says online freedom of speech will cause democracy to wither away.
“One of the biggest reasons for the weakening of democracy is the profound change that’s taken place in how we communicate and consume information,” Obama said. “Do we allow our democracy to wither, or do we make it better?”
He goes on to say that, “What still nags at me is my failure to appreciate at the time [the Birther era] just how susceptible we had become to lies and conspiracy theories,” Obama said.
“The sheer proliferation of conflict and the splintering of information and audiences has made democracy more complicated,” Obama said.
He wraps up his speech by saying that, “Social media is a tool. At the end of the day, tools don’t control us, we control them. And we can remake them. It’s up to each of us to decide what we value and then use the tools we’ve been given to advance those values.”
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