And yes, many of us believe companies have not lived up to their moral responsibilities on misinformation/moderation. But (a) no one agrees about what misinformation and moderatable content is and (b) there’s not really a first amendment compliant way to make them without shutting everything down.

In short - Section 230 as it stands is absolutely core to how the internet functions today, and removing it would generate absolute legal chaos and probably result in the end of all social media, all comment sections and lots of basic internet hosting services. The liability would be insane.

• That the previously understood differentiator between a ‘carrier’ that did not have any control on what was posted on their platform (ie. Did not moderate Any content) and a ‘publisher’ that was liable because they chose the content would no longer apply

So the *point* of Section 230 was to say the following:
• Individual social media platforms are not responsible for user generated content, the original poster is and they can be sued
• The individual platforms are able to moderate those spaces to moderate their platforms without being sued