[2OEH8eoCRo0]

> The courts had traditionally found that liability is determined by whether or not an entity was acting as a publisher actively vetting, producing, and editing content (liable), or a distributor merely selling the products offered by publishers (less-liable).

> The immediate impact of Section 230 was to halt the developing body of common law being forged through internet speech–related litigation.

Big mistake in my opinion.

[amadeuspagel]

Before Section 230, common law was going to make everyone who runs a moderated forum liable for content posted by users[1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratton_Oakmont,_Inc._v._Prod....

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

Good. All Section 230 did was grant safe harbor which created the massive consolidated, extractive, and exploitative megacorps we see today.

We would have figured it out naturally as we do other things. Instead, lawmakers forced the internet in an unnatural direction.