but it's a cheap shot against algorithms 
    and their role in helping us make correct
    assessments.

But what are we besides our heuristics? Do you remember the mongdb-gate debacle? We rely on people acting in good faith all the time, and rules are in-place to restrain those who have more time than sense.

Incidentally, the First Amendment is very much uniquely American, there is no such provision in Common Law.

Further - even with the first amendment - it doesn't protect some radical americans from being killed by US Government drones.