Tech Law: Section 230 as (COVID) Misinformation Solution Not Problem

Indeed, this is a good example of how Section 230 might be the solution, not the problem. If the government can’t ban disinformation, but Internet services can–and do–undertake the socially valuable work of curbing disinformation with the protection of Section 230, we get better results than if Internet services are inhibited from doing this work without any protection from Section 230.

That’s one of many reasons why the various “must-carry” laws, like Florida’s social media censorship law, are so pernicious. They would sideline Internet services in the fight against disinformation, when Internet services may be our most crucial line of defense today.