The president wants to overhaul section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, one of the foundational laws of the modern Internet. Why? Well, it seems just because he is mad at Twitter right now. He probably doesn’t have the legal authority to succeed, but, if he does, he’ll be opening Pandora’s Box.

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