HMM: Mark Zuckerberg calls for changes to Section 230.

For years, Facebook has been one of the primary defenders of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, arguing that its erosion would curtail free expression online and make it harder for the social media giant to police misinformation, hate speech, calls to violence and more.

But now, Mark Zuckerberg says he thinks it’s time to change the law. “I believe Congress should update the law to make sure it’s working as intended,” Zuckerberg will say at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, according to prepared testimony obtained by Protocol on Tuesday. “We support the ideas around transparency and industry collaboration that are being discussed in some of the current bipartisan proposals, and I look forward to a meaningful dialogue about how we might update the law to deal with the problems we face today.”

Easy call: Whatever regulation Zuckerberg proposes or gets behind will have a “pull up the ladder behind him” effect against smaller competitors.