The First Amendment Is No Reason to Coddle Facebook

With due respect to Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, conservatives interested in reform understand full well the purpose of the First Amendment (“Mike O’Rielly’s Free Speech Fall,” Review & Outlook, Aug. 5). We simply don’t believe that gigantic and massively powerful social-media platforms deserve special statutory protection, as is laid out in Section 230. Section 230 carves out unique immunities for platforms, privileges that aren’t afforded to publishers such as The Wall Street Journal. No conservative who believes in the rule of law should embrace such a principle. Neither should Mr. O’Rielly, and neither should the Journal.

[Brent Bozell is President of the Media Research Center]