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The Section 230 fight Congress should be having

“What’s really happening is that both parties are beating up on tech,” Carl Szabo, vice president and general counsel of the digital trade association NetChoice, told me. “The Republicans want to see less content moderation, and the Democrats want to see more.” Szabo is not wrong, but overall, most of the energy behind the effort to bully the platforms comes from the GOP side of the aisle.