The past month has been a difficult one for the largest tech companies. In late May, President Trump signed an executive order asking the FCC to propose regulations clarifying Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a foundational law of the modern internet that provides websites liability protection for content users post on their platforms. This month, the Department of Justice recommended additional reforms to Section 230, and several proposals are already making their way through Congress that would condition liability protection on compliance with future government regulations.

The writing is on the wall that some sort of major action will likely be taken against Big Tech in the near future. Conservatives concerned about bias in content moderation may cheer these developments, but they should be careful what they wish for. While the Trump administration may be sympathetic to conservative values, they won’t always be in power. A future Democratic administration could easily pervert the proposed Section 230 tweaks to pressure platforms to take down “hate speech” and “misinformation” — code words for speech they disagree with.