Among former President Donald Trump’s many grievances was a once-obscure law known as Section 230, which some conservatives view as empowering censorship by Facebook and Twitter. Republicans on his side generally want less moderation on these websites. Similarly, President Biden has, in the past, called for the revocation of Section 230. However, for the opposite reason: Some liberals believe the law allows social media companies to be too hands-off and allows too much harmful speech.

The reality is, repealing Section 230 would have harmful consequences for a broad spectrum of businesses.