The newspaper editor could be convicted of violating the Sedition Act.
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The United States government, in an attempt to limit the negative word being spread about the functioning of the government, expanded the girth of the Espionage Act of 1917 to include anti-government speech and published writings into the list of crimes under the said act.
This move came in during World War I as the number of individuals criticizing the decision of the government to participate in the war was increasing considerably.
The act was named by the government as the 'Sedition Act of 1918'.
