"the impetus for the passing of Section 230 was to protect free speech by removing liability concerns for what others say online." No, it was not meant to prot

"the impetus for the passing of Section 230 was to protect free speech by removing liability concerns for what others say online." No, it was not meant to protect free speech. It was meant to protect the market for Internet services, from ISPs up to user-facing services. The Internet ecosystem would be crushed either by trolls/nazis or by waves of lawsuits against companies that dared to moderate such things without some form of liability protection for services that perform some degree of moderation.