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I'm glad to see the EFF making the point I'be been trying to make all week; at the cost of multiple downvotes: "Because internet intermediaries, especially those with few competitors, control so much online speech, the consequences of their decisions have far-reaching impacts on speech around the world."

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It's not really a free speech issue. It's a monopoly issue. Google should be protected from government interference in their right to exercise free speech just like every other individual and company in the US.

The fact that they are a near monopoly is a problem that has side effects, but the real issue to focus on is the monopoly.

> Google should be protected from government interference in their right to exercise free speech just like every other individual and company in the US.

If Google wants those rights, it could surrender its monopoly (through a voluntary break-up).

> If Google wants those rights, it could surrender its monopoly (through a voluntary break-up).

Google is not a monopoly on domain registration.

Google has these rights, monopoly or not. The government is forbidden from interfering with free speech.

The government is however allowed to break up monopolies, which is why we should focus on the real issue, and the real solution.

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