Fake news stifling free speech?

In thenewspaper front page news on 11 Jan was this heading, ‘Will fake
news end up stifling free speech?’ What a dumb question to ask? What are
the factors that limit, restrain or control free speech? Fake news?
What has fake news got to do with stifling free speech? At the most fake
news would be misleading, telling untruths and falsehood and lies. As
to stifling free speech, the answer is