Now, in the wake of Cablegate, it is no longer just [Julian] Assange...or WikiLeaks, but Internet freedom that is at risk. For some time, free speech activists have expressed concern about the powers that private companies have over online speech... First, there is the fact that the Web is privately held, despite how we may see it; every time we publish to Twitter or Facebook, we risk violating proprietary terms of service that may or may not be in accordance with the principles of free speech. A further implication is perhaps evidenced by WikiLeaks' experience with Amazon hosting: If you engage in speech that your government doesn’t like, they can enact pressure on private companies, which are well within their rights to shut you down. [also refers to YouTube (part of Google), Tableau Software, EveryDNS.net, PayPal (part of eBay), Bahnhof, OVH, Google]