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Conservatives want a war on porn. It’s puritanical sex values that need to go

The modern internet as we know it is governed by 26 words: No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider. This line is from Section 230 of the U.S. Communications Decency Act, and for the most part, its stood the test of time. In so many words, the clause lets U.S. websites and communications infrastructure serve as public spaces for hosting content instead of publishers. Without Section 230, social media would not…

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