reader's viewpoint, to . . . a vast library including millions of
readily available and indexed publications," id. at 853. As a
result of the Internet's unique speech-facilitating qualities,
"it is hard to find an aspiring social movement, new or old, of
left, right, or center, without a website, a bulletin board, and
an email list." Kreimer, supra n.27, at 125. "[T]he growth of
the Internet has been and continues to be phenomenal." Reno, 521
U.S. at 885.


This extraordinary growth of the Internet illustrates the
extent to which the Internet promotes First Amendment values in
the same way that the historical use of traditional public fora
for speaking, handbilling, and protesting testifies to their
effectiveness as vehicles for free speech. Cf. Martin, 319 U.S.
at 145 ("The widespread use of this method of communication
[door-to-door distribution of leaflets] by many groups espousing
various causes attests its major importance."); Schneider v.
State, 308 U.S. 147, 164 (1939) ("[P]amphlets have proved most
effective instruments in the dissemination of opinion.").
The provision of Internet access in public libraries, in
addition to sharing the speech-enhancing qualities of fora such
as streets, sidewalks, and parks, also supplies many of the
speech-enhancing properties of the postal service, which is open
to the public at large as both speakers and recipients of
information, and provides a relatively low-cost means of
disseminating information to a geographically dispersed audience.
See Lamont v. Postmaster Gen., 381 U.S. 301 (1965) (invalidating
a content-based prior restraint on the use of the mails); see
also Blount v. Rizzi, 400 U.S. 410 (1971) (same). Indeed, the