Is Censorship the Answer?

This February marked the 25th anniversary of Section 230, which was enacted into law as part of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Establishing rules that influenced how the Internet has grown and operated, Section 230 has become a hot topic in recent months. Republicans and Democrats want to reform the law, albeit in different directions and for different reasons.

My first job out of college was for Prodigy Services, one of the companies that pioneered what became the Internet. There was no Facebook back then; Mark Zuckerberg was eight...