Invoke Defense Production Act to protect freedom of speech from Big Tech

I am amazed by the scope of the Defense Production Act, passed in 1950 but still in force. Wikipedia provides a long discussion (with references) on the Act's provisions, as well as its actual usage in the past by Presidents from Truman to Obama.

What if the President were to declare COVID-19 treatment, the education of children in the COVID era, and the 2020 federal election in that era, to be crucial to national security? Who would disagree? What could the President then do, in order to ensure a free flow of information about COVID-19 treatment and federal office candidates and a suitable education of the nation’s children? Some possibilities, based on the wording of the Defense Production Act and cited precedents:

- Order the nationwide geographic dispersal of the operation and management of Big Tech. We must not permit one metropolitan area to choke off the nation’s sources of information.

- Order the creation and funding of additional information conduits not subject to Silicon Valley censorship—i.e., direct competitors to Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook. An executive order could force the entire Executive Branch to use these uncensored conduits instead of the existing Valley-controlled ones.

- Order Big Tech to provide detailed information on the number and placement of foreign citizens in their employment—especially citizens of potential adversaries like China and Russia. Every citizen of a potential adversary poses a risk of both espionage and sabotage.

- Order the timely settlement of all union disputes related to opening the schools, based on what is best for the schoolchildren.

- Order the building of a border wall in order to stem the tide of COVID-positive migrants from Mexico, who are apparently fueling the flareup of COVID cases in Arizona and Texas.

The possibilities are endless; and amazingly, Democrats including Joe Biden himself specifically criticized the President earlier this year for not employing the Defense Production Act more aggressively.

Let's do it!