Free speech is under attack. Trump is suing journalists for unfavorable reporting, investigating companies that have DEI programs, and trying to deport green card holders for protesting against the genocide of Palestinians. Section 230 is a shield against efforts to crush online dissent. But Congress wants to rip it away in the name of fighting Big Tech while refusing to embrace the policies that would actually address the harm caused by these companies. Let’s be clear: Repealing Section 230 would give Trump and his oligarch buddies even more power to censor the Internet and consolidate authoritarian control.

Meaningful policy solutions need to strike at the root causes of Big Tech’s harms: monopoly power, data harvesting and abuse, and algorithmic manipulation. But instead, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has become an increasingly popular scapegoat for lawmakers who want to be seen to fight Big Tech. This widely misunderstood but crucially important law essentially allows ordinary people to have a voice on the Internet. Many proposed changes to Section 230 would do enormous harm to vulnerable communities, undermine human rights, and utterly fail to address the legitimate problems with Big Tech companies like Facebook, Amazon, and Google.

This website attempts to clear up some of the most common misconceptions about Section 230. Tell your lawmakers to read it before they change a law they don’t understand. We cannot afford to open the floodgate of government and private censorship while we're on the verge of fascist takeover.