I don't buy this excuse. Backpage was always in a risky legal position without public support, but Alphabet (owner of YouTube) and Advance Publications (owner o

I don't buy this excuse. Backpage was always in a risky legal position without public support, but Alphabet (owner of YouTube) and Advance Publications (owner of Reddit) are well-positioned to fight for freedom of speech if they wanted to. These rules are being rolled out because they want to, not because they're forced to. The Reddit bans in particular banned a wide swath of behaviors that are completely legal and not in any grey area, such as selling alcohol or trading alcohol. US Section 230 has nothing to do with this.