Section 230 is designed to allow platforms to avoid liability from what users post, giving users the freedom to post their thoughts and content and shifting leg

Section 230 is designed to allow platforms to avoid liability from what users post, giving users the freedom to post their thoughts and content and shifting legal responsibility back to them. Nothing wrong with that, and a net positive for the free flow of ideas. The problem that arose is that platforms hired massive staff and developed algorithms to micro moderate all content to shift discussion in realtime to fit a relatively narrow ideological window. At some point these companies shift from a neutral platform to activist publishers. They can't have it both ways, 230 was never intended to protect publishers.