> The US is one of few countries on the planet where "freedom of speech" is a protected right If you mean 1A, that only protects your speech from the governmen

> The US is one of few countries on the planet where "freedom of speech" is a protected right If you mean 1A, that only protects your speech from the government, not anyone else (and even then it's not an unabridged right since there are legal limits on what you can say.)