Section 230 is essential to free expression online. Free expression is harmed, not helped, by proposals that limit a platform’s ability to moderate content. Section 230 protects the ability of internet users like you and me to engage with one another on a range of topics and interests, from writing restaurant reviews to sharing opinions on politics, religion, and life. 

With Section 230, platforms are not liable for user-posted content that they carry. This enables digital platforms to rid their services of misinformation, hate speech, and other forms of objectionable content. Companies like YouTube might not have taken off, and may not even have existed, had they been afraid of being sued based on user-generated content. Even more importantly, the next TikTok or Google might not come about if the law is changed in ways that increase the risks associated with hosting user content.

Too many people rely on the internet — from startups to students, from engaging in social movements to interacting with friends and family — for us to get this wrong.

Enough is enough. Tell Congress to stop threatening your free speech! Save 230 and KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OUT of how much (or how little) you're moderated on the social media app of your choice.