While there are still surely many shenanigans afoot (always, of course) the jig seems to be up in the free speech sector…at least for now.

Big Tech looks to be rolling back their censorship ahead of the 2024 election cycle. In service of what remains to be seen, but with conservatives feeling in a particularly litigious mood these days, it’s likely they just don’t want the judicial headaches. …

We can expect Democrat politicians to start pushing for changes to Section 230, in order to take out the teeth and thusly hold Big Tech, Big Pharma and all the other Bigs liable for “misinformation” that causes “harm.”

[It’s certainly possible, and Kira’s right for raising the potential issue. However, the Supreme Court likely has already cut off that strategy with their unanimous ruling in Twitter v Taamneh, which I wrote about last month. The decision effectively bypasses Section 230 and makes it moot in terms of liability for content on social-media platforms, regardless of the question of platform or publisher. Any effort at this point to repeal Section 230 is only going to be window dressing. — Ed]