Disclosures: I read the ruling before reading Matt Stoller’s article. I am a subscriber of his. I have written content recommendation algorithms for large audie

Disclosures: I read the ruling before reading Matt Stoller’s article. I am a subscriber of his. I have written content recommendation algorithms for large audiences. I recommend doing one of these three things. Section 230 is not canceled. This is a significant but fairly narrow refinement of what constitutes original content and Stoller’s take (“The business model of big tech is over”) is vastly overstating it. Some kinds of recommendation algorithms produce original content (speech) by selecting and arranging feeds of other user generated content and the creators of the algorithms can be sued for harms caused by those recommendations. This correctly attaches liability to risky business. The businesses using this model need to exercise a duty of care toward the public. It’s about time they start.