You all are aware that the federal government has policed the truthfulness of medical claims since 1906, right?
If the people who sold morphine and alcohol as "soothing syrup" had access to Twitter, they would have denounced the 1906 Food & Drug Act as pure communism, no doubt. livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/01/31/bad…
I suppose the point is, regulating fraudulent medical claims was fine for the first 115 years. But when @PressSec went for the 116th - game over for free speech in this society!
@PressSec On the other hand, demanding to ban comedy shows for making fun of the president is just good ol' American freedom apparently ew.com/tv/2019/03/17/… 
Presidents regularly ask companies to behave more responsibly. Think of President Kennedy jawboning the steel companies in 1962 not to raise prices after steel unions sacrificed pay increases the year before. Or ...
... the voluntary self-disclosures asked of companies w/r/t technology exports and foreign corrupt practices. bis.doc.gov/index.php/enfo…
"Please stop spreading anti-vaccine misinformation on your platforms" is a request very much in line with long traditions of presidential leadership challenging corporations to accept basic norms of social responsibility.
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