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“The companies lobbying against Gigi Sohn are simply trying to do one thing: keep the FCC deadlocked for as long as possible,” said Free Press Action’s Joshua Stager.

On Friday, nearly 250 groups sent a letter to Senate leadership urging the speedy confirmation of Gigi Sohn, whose nomination has been pending for almost a year.

Experts are worried, based on Musk’s comments on how speech should be moderated on social media.

A decision to alter or strike down Section 230 would rock the legal landscape for every company or organization whose work involves contributions from users.

“Platforms have done very little about people posting lies about the election,” said Nora Benavidez, a lawyer with Free Press.

Social-media platforms’ failure to eradicate the false information amounts to aiding and abetting disenfranchisement, advocates say.

A takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk could create headaches for Democrats and Republicans alike, with a potential explosion of misinformation.

Musk has said Twitter’s permanent ban of Donald Trump was “flat-out wrong” and that he would reverse that as Twitter’s owner.

Using this case to effectively repeal or drastically alter Section 230 would be a terrible idea.

Weakening Section 230 would be catastrophic — disproportionately silencing and endangering marginalized communities.