Previous President Obama has a turned arrange for what he accepts ought to happen with respect to discourse online, and it is terrifying.

The previous president accepts that the government ought to have the control to create “restraints” over what can,

and cannot, be posted online in arrange to dodge having “disinformation” and “misinformation” spread.

At a June 17, 2025 Connecticut Forum, former President Obama warned that digital disinformation is eroding public trust and endangering democracy.

He stressed that falsehoods don’t need to persuade—just confuse and overwhelm.