It's not just a shield for Facebook and Google it's a shield for every website and app out there,and it's the greatest facilitator of free speech online.
Not only did the headline conveniently omit that fact but the whole pieces was edited to make it seem like only zealots and anarchists have any interest in preserving section 230.
Senator Wyden who voted against SESTA was trying to convey that this change is unwise and short sighted and will actually hurt the efforts to combat human trafficking yet only his criticism of tech firms survived the edit.
It's a great irony that the press keeps calling for limits on speech online perhaps hoping that when everyone else is silenced theirs will be the only voice heard.