We can destroy anonymity on the internet and punish people who spread malicious provable lies, calls for violence, or hate especially people who do so in an organized fashion.

An idiot who shares something untrue that he ought to have known was false is materially different from someone who fabricates something and ultimately directly and by proxy misinforms 10 million people.

The choice isn't between tyranny or absolute freedom. It's about our actions shaping the bones of society. The current framework isn't mere ground truth we must accept we can reshape it if we desire and perhaps we should.