The Speech Police in Pakistan and the U.S.

It's been nearly two years since the state of Pakistan banned it's subjects from visiting YouTube.  Finally the tide against the statute is gaining enough steam that lifting of the ban is now likely.

The PTA's Vision

Censorship is often the result of the people calling themselves "the state" feeling their authority being threatened.  Fortunately for them state run monopolies like the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority or the Federal Communications Commission provide the tools to prevent communication among it's subjects.

In these United States just five people claim to be the speech police.  These five people believe:

Obscene material is not protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution and cannot be broadcast at any time.

Regardless of the location or medium, should five human beings have the monopoly privilege to prevent 318,000,000 from sharing & accessing information?