[Moshineko]

Yes. Freedom of speech applies only to public areas, it's long been established that private companies and institutions have the right to restrict speech in their perview. Also, hateful/libelous/conspiracy-promoting speech has long been illegal.


Basically, the internet is a great deal of private areas, and thus do not fall under the First Amendment. It would be like claiming free speech rights when you run around Circuit City screaming about how much they suck, and how much better Radio Shack is. Standing near the store, without the intent or implied intent to drive away business for no reason, you'd be okay, as long as you were on public property. Doing it inside the store or in the hallway, you're harassing customers and the store, and that trumps, in about 99.9% of cases, your right to free speech.

So, no, there is no free speech on the internet, except where those who own the private servers/domains are willing to let anything go, and I'm sure even there, it's not 100% free.