Amazon and WikiLeaks- Online Speech

Corporate policies suppression of free speech

The First Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees freedom of expression against government encroachment - but that doesn't help if the censorship doesn't come from the government.

Importantly, the government itself can't take official action to silence WikiLeaks' ongoing publications - that would be an unconstitutional prior restraint, or censorship of speech before it can be communicated to the public. No government actor can nix WikiLeaks' right to publish content any more than the government could stop the New York Times and Washington Post from publishing the Pentagon Papers, which were also stolen secret government documents.