Of course, to hold the opinion I just described, one would have to not fetishize the US notions of free speech. I like Mike, but US notions of free speech are those of a child: “I CAN DO WHAT I WANT!!”

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That’s why I describe it as a shield not a sword. Modern social media companies have developed around immunity and impunity for their own actions, but s.230 was developed in a world of passive forums and other things where the site had no involvement in the user-created content whatsoever.

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I think there’s a very good reason to investigate this in the context of 230 reform: what triggers made this happen? Just because the First Amendment may protect the editorial decision to do this doesn’t mean that editorial decision should get a separate statutory immunity.

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As usual, the Europeans would likely do a much better job of it.

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To use your other example: search rankings are a choice. If that choice creates a consequence, the maker of the choice shouldn’t be statutorily exempted from its consequences.

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