The New York Times Thinks It’s Reasonable that We Have to Beg Billionaires Not to Corrupt Our Elections

That is the takeaway readers of this piece on efforts to reform Section 230 would likely get. Section 230 is the provision of the Communications Decency Act, which protects Internet intermediaries from liability for third party content. While the New York Times or CNN could get sued if they ran an ad or ran a letter or commentary that defamed an individual or corporation, because of Section 230, Facebook would face no risk from carrying the same material. Repealing Section 230 would mean that Fa...