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by austincheney 2150 days ago
See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_v._California which was the law in place before section 230 and inspired section 230 for online content submissions.

My last point is that the producer of physical goods does not need a legal shield, because they separate distribution from availability. A web server cannot separate distribution from availability and thus would retain liability for content regardless of its reclassification.