Google, not government, increasingly governs speech Commerce, Government, Speech Add comments Sep 152012 “Legal experts and civil libertarians … [say] the [disturbances over an anti-Muslim video and their] controversy highlighted how Internet companies, most based in the United States, have become global arbiters of free speech, weighing complex issues that traditionally are the province of courts, judges, and occasionally, international treaty.“ Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment.