Repealing Section 230 in the United States; Here’s the Implication

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

I share that for context. Presumably you know it, certainly if you live in the United States. The Constitution and Amendments exist to protect us and our rights, from government and laws that could limit those rights, or criminalize our actions if the government was to legislate them.

We all have the right (in the U.S.), and the government can’t ever prosecute us, for saying something.

Okay so what’s Section 230?

Obviously, Section 230 isn’t an Amendment to the Constitution, I just want you to have that frame of reference in mind, that many regulations and policies exist to protect our rights.

Section 230 says that “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider” ( 47 U.S.C. § 230).