> The last 245 years have seen a great experiment in society and freedom, with the society to speak freely, and that the Market of Ideas might itself guide truth, arbitration by the few kept to a minimum. The Internet has been the culmination of this experiment. We are in danger of failing it today.

Since that date seems to be calibrated to refer to the existence of the US, I am assuming that this means you believe that the US has been the leading paragon for tolerance of speech.

At which point, I have to ask... have you really never heard of the Alien and Sedition Acts? If you're unfamiliar, this is US legislation that criminalized criticism of the US government (bonus points for being largely the same people to have written the First Amendment). Or have you not heard of Schenck v. US, which immortalized the popular refrain "shouting fire in a crowded theater"... upholding a prosecution for criticizing the draft in WWI.

The broad reading of the First Amendment to forbid really any inhibition of any form of speech actually doesn't really start until the 1930s.