> Forums would likely have gone extinct.

Usenet was a thing. A huge thing. There was zero danger that it would go "extinct" due to the lack of extralegal protections.

> But demonizing 230 just shows a basic lack of knowledge of history, economics, and the reasons it was created.

You're ignoring the context. Section 230 was created when the Internet was nascent and we were trying to encourage broader /business/ investment into the technology.

Now that that investment has occurred and most consumers _prefer_ to do business on the Internet, whereas the opposite was previously true, we no longer need the _additional_ protections for hugely profitable businesses.

Aside from that is there some reason we can't _modify_ the law to bring it more in line with citizen expectations? We're bound to the decisions of the past absolutely? Please...