A bipartisan bill in Congress threatens conservative speech online.
Provision has enabled right-leaning voices to bypass media gatekeepersSection 230 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, which makes users responsible for what they post online rather than the websites they post on, is the target of a new bipartisan bill that would “sunset” the provision by the end of 2025.Section 230 is badly misunderstood in our public discourse.
Progressive Democrats want to distract from the fact that the federal government is the driver of social media censorship. Indeed, as the Twitter Files, subsequent congressional investigations, and discovery from the Supreme Court case Murthy v. Missouri have documented, political censorship on social media is almost entirely driven by pressure from government officials.
Conservatives should also appreciate how Section 230 has enabled them to bypass the gatekeepers of the mainstream media — which they also complain about — and compete on a level playing field with the left. By any objective measure, social media has been a boon to the right.
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