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Gorsuch has a confusing take on the history of Section 230.

Speaking to US Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, he suggests Section 230 is conditioned on the idea that web platforms are common carriers. That’s a weird take on Section 230, which is regularly applied to small blogs and online newsletters — and was passed partly to avoid punishing services that moderated content to be “family friendly” rather than acting as neutral conduits. Prelogar, for what it’s worth, disagrees with Gorsuch.

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