I think free speech can&#x27;t survive the internet for a different reason - because everything is someone&#x27;s backyard.<p>You can say whatever you want in public space, but nobody has to let you write in his newspaper, post on his notice board, put passages in his book, let you speak in his living room or broadcast what you say through radio. That&#x27;s okay, because there are public places.<p>There are no public places on the internet. You can&#x27;t say what you want on Facebook, because it&#x27;s Facebook&#x27;s property and that&#x27;s like speaking in someone&#x27;s living room or in someone&#x27;s newspaper. You can&#x27;t say what you want on Google+, because that&#x27;s Google&#x27;s property. If you want to create your own message board, hosting provider can refuse you service - it&#x27;s their property. If you make your own server, the ISP can refuse you service, because it&#x27;s their own property.<p>There are no truly public spaces on the internet, everything is someone&#x27;s backyard.