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This is correct but appeals to freedom of speech/expression and association won't work. People don't believe in these any more if they ever did. They're being paid lip service at most.

Both professional and amateur politicians are taking notice. "We support freedom of expression, however" there's always something more important: safety, inclusivity, respect, diversity, civility...

We have dozens of examples, in the west, with hate speech laws, discrimination laws, mobs organizing online over some tweet, employers firing people because of offhand remarks, even opensource projects being assaulted over unrelated comments made by contributors.