Keep in mind that freedon of speech says that you can stand in the park on a 
soapbox and shout.

It does NOT say that passers-by are forced to stand there and listen to you 
until you run out of voice. They can walk away any time they want to.

It also does not say that the local newspaper is required to take down 
everything you say and print it on the front page for all their readers. (But 
freeedom of the press says that they can, and you can't sue them for copyright 
infringement or much of anything else for doing so, even though people and 
organizations now try that.)

Whether any organization has an obligation to convey the voice in the park to 
all of its customers, or even a selection of them, is an interesting question. 
By and large, organiizations in the US have the rights of individuals, and that 
includes the right to walk away and stop listening. The major possible 
exception would be a "common carrier", which cannot disconnect a call because 
they don't like what is being said. 

But ISPs are NOT common carriers. So even if the spammer is addressing spam to 
specific individuals, the ISPs, not being common carriers, do not have an 
obligation to deliver the spam.

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