The point that people are making is that they believe the "spirit of the law" is a conceptual split between platforms and publishers. The way people commonly th

The point that people are making is that they believe the "spirit of the law" is a conceptual split between platforms and publishers. The way people commonly think of telephones vs newspapers. Telephones are a platform for speaking, newspapers are a publisher with editorial control. The discussion is not about whether or not social media companies have Section 230 protection but whether or not they should have it.