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It’s the new printing press. Gutenberg’s printing press also caused massive social upheaval and without it, it is unlikely we would have seen the accelerated pace of scientific progress, the Reformation spread as quickly as it did, the decline of Latin, just to name a few things. It’s often forgotten, but freedom of the press in the 1st Amendment refers to actual printing presses because you used to be able to be prosecuted for what came out of your printers.

Some people liken Section 230 to being the First Amendment of the Internet, and they’re not far off. That doesn’t mean social media isn’t dangerous, but fire is dangerous. Print is still dangerous. Guns are dangerous. There’s a lot of dangerous things out there, so where do you want to draw the line? We’re not very good at dealing with social media as a society yet, but you don’t develop antibodies to this crap without first exposing yourself to it.