Should Section 230 Be Repealed?

Thomas F Campenni
3 min readJan 17, 2021

We have heard much about Section 230( see here) protecting internet providers from liability for what is posted on their sites.

In my opinion, Section 230 is a double edge sword. It has allowed platforms such as Medium to be able to have authors publish without pre-approval. This goes for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and any other social media site. There is no way that billions of people could be users without that ability.

While allowing for the free flow of information and opinion on these platforms, they have contributed to dangerous…

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Thomas F Campenni

Currently lives in Stuart Florida and former City Commissioner. His career has been as a commercial real estate owner, broker and manager in New York City.