Facebook's Zuckerberg threatens free speech with his latest Big Tech power move

President Ronald Reagan used to tell of the “nine most terrifying words” – “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has found a new way to make the words even scarier. He wants global governments involved in speech and free press, even though his staff pretends otherwise.

Yet, the vast majority of nations worldwide reject America’s embrace of free speech. They would decide what Americans can and can’t say.

Zuckerberg wrote in the Washington Post Sunday that, “I believe we need a more active role for governments and regulators.” He wants them to update “the rules for the Internet” – the town square for the entire planet.

Governments and mega-corporations threaten to restrict online freedom on every continent. Facebook, with its 2.7 billion customers, can either be one of the greatest defenders of free speech or one of its worst enemies. Zuckerberg is proposing Facebook side with the enemy.

Soon after Zuckerberg’s op-ed hit, top Facebook policy exec Kevin Martin told Axios almost the complete opposite of what his boss wrote, and for good reason. What Zuckerberg is proposing is a direct threat to the First Amendment. And neither the Congress, nor the courts, nor federal regulators will stand for that.