You also don't have the right to go through a neighborhood at 2am with a bullhorn talking about your political platform in the upcoming election.
What's at issue is that most internet sites are privately held, and such things as "free speech", which is a prohibition on government interference, have no real meaning. Groups, including companies, also have the right of association, and that includes the right to kick people out.
The government has some ability to restrict that right of association, as with the various civil rights protections regarding businesses. However, none of that analysis applies to, for example, one's ability to post videos to YouTube. In the US, the government can't even prohibit private clubs from discriminating on basis of race.
These are "Time, Place, and Manner" restrictions. http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Time%2c+Place%... . These are pretty well understood.
You also don't have the right to go through a neighborhood at 2am with a bullhorn talking about your political platform in the upcoming election.
What's at issue is that most internet sites are privately held, and such things as "free speech", which is a prohibition on government interference, have no real meaning. Groups, including companies, also have the right of association, and that includes the right to kick people out.
The government has some ability to restrict that right of association, as with the various civil rights protections regarding businesses. However, none of that analysis applies to, for example, one's ability to post videos to YouTube. In the US, the government can't even prohibit private clubs from discriminating on basis of race.