There is nothing “exceptional” about the internet. Section 230 has been nothing but a plush, bloated, undeserved corporate handout to the tech industry so they can reap all the rewards of harmful/abusive/stalking “speech” and push the liability, costs, and harms to random individual 3rd party users. Tech platforms can hide behind Section 230, reap the rewards, and sit back and enjoy individual, random users dox, harass, stalk, libel, and swat each other while the tech barons reap the rewards. It’s like the Hunger Games, where the tech barons are the rich organizers from the Capital, watching contestants kill each other while they sit behind bullet-proof glass and sip champagne.

I think you should stop spreading misinformation about Section 230. It is BEYOND time for Section 230 to be repealed or at the very least, reformed. Everyone knows you work closely with Big Tech clients so it’s not inconceivable that your pro-Section 230 contains significant pro-corporate bias. The reality of internet life today is that crimes, harassment, doxing, stalking are RAMPANT, and victims often have NO OTHER RECOURSE for removing illicit or harmful content than appealing to ISPs. The perpetrators may be located far outside court jurisdictions (like in another country) or judgment proof. Why should the platforms have absolutely no liability for hosting harmful, EVEN in cases when they are notified? This is obviously not an idea outcome.

The current Section 230 regime is untenable for society and the human collateral costs are too high. Given how easily stalkers and harassers can harm people in today’s society using the internet, and given ISPs are in the best place to PREVENT this type of harm, Section 230 is clearly outdated. The USA is the ONLY remaining major country that allows tech companies to do NOTHING and have no liability for crimes committed on their platforms. This needs to change. We sincerely hope the Supreme Court guts Section 230 this year in Gonzales v. Google, so the tech firms can play their part in protecting society from new types of online crimes while still fostering reasonable conditions for legal Free Speech that does not infringe on the rights of others.