So much so that a friend recently observed that it’s lack of Section 230 which prevents European companies from building popular platforms — a position I see considerable merit in. Having decided that they must meddle with platform content liabilities, the entire European “tech” ecosystem has become toxic for user-generated content platforms; but the application of 230 also permits platforms to safely provide user-controlled – rather than state-or-legally-mandated – content management:

This lawsuit is one of the many lawsuits around the country brought by conservatives exorcising their persecution complex. Typically, these lawsuits are purely about partisanship. The lawsuits seek to work the ref, hijack other people’s resources for partisan purposes, and rile the partisan’s base. They are definitely not about the legal or policy merits. So far the judicial system has largely thwarted these partisan attacks on the legal system, but it would take only a few pro-partisan rulings (such as the Missouri v. Biden ruling, or pretty much any recent Internet Law ruling from the 5th Circuit) to radically rescramble our democracy.

https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2023/10/section-230-protects-gmails-spam-filter-rnc-v-google.htm