Free speech is a contested term, nowhere more so than in the United States. American editors often cite a supposed right to free speech in response to sanctions such as blocks, bans and other editing restrictions. Although the Wikimedia Foundation is headquartered (and some its servers are located) in the United States, the First Amendment to the United States Constitution does not prevent Wikipedia from exercising editorial discretion; it only restricts the US Government from censoring freedom of expression.
Wikipedia is a private website, hosted by the privately incorporated Wikimedia Foundation and governed solely by the Board of Trustees of that Foundation. Wikipedia, and the Wikimedia Foundation, is free to establish its own policies and practices regarding who may edit here. As a private website, Wikipedia has the legal right to block, ban, or otherwise restrict any individual from editing its pages, or accessing its content, for any reason, or no reason at all.
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