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by judge2020 1207 days ago
The point of the law is primarily to allow websites to remove porn and profanity.

If it was repealed tomorrow and Facebook had to choose between these two paths, which would they choose?

A: keep moderation; anytime someone posts something libelous, they're responsible for damages

B: no moderation; they let anything and everything go so that they become a service provider and thus aren't considered to be editorializing or approving the content people post

It's safe to say that 230 being gone would require every single website with UGC to choose between the two options. If you think it could be revised instead, feel free to suggest such.