> Section 230 was fairly uncontroversial in the 1990s and 2000s. When the Internet was new and not yet ubiquitous, most people thought it made sense to shield Internet platforms from lawsuits over online content.

> But in the last decade, the Internet has become pervasive, and the downsides of unfettered online communication have become more obvious.

What is are the newly "obvious downsides of unfettered online communication" referring to? An event? A study? A documented rise in violent crime? What?

This seems like a euphemism of some sort.