Isn't Corporational Control over Internet Better?

In Tom Bergmall III’s article about the New Panopticon, the author has predicted that a free Internet culture will in fact result in increased censorship-- “as experts for what is morally correct will be the chairs of companies who stand to profit from regulation of information.” I cannot deny that Internet in U.S. is completely censorship-free, however Bergmall’s prediction seems to fit more into what has happened in non-democratic societies than to democratic polity. In his essay, privatized Internet service is described as a threat to individual user’s privacy and freedom, because corporations will exercise the “New Ponopticon” over users they serve. In my opinion, corporation-controlled Internet, though exposes its user to data collection and excessive marketing information, is still more liberating than government-controlled information system and thus fits better in a democratic society, since that while corporations are driven by profits, government is driven by power maintenance. The “government” I am referring to here is a totalitarian government (like China).

Taking Facebook as an example, while it has been concerned and criticized because of its increasingly commercial orientation, Facebook in the U.S. still serves as a free speech platform. In China, however, the basic function of Facebook (free expression) is even questioned because the government considers online discourses as a crucial source of resistance. The most recent news suggests that Facebook’s evasion to China will comply with its strict censorship, which proves my point. According to the news, “When Facebook users outside China connect with users inside China, sources said they will need to click through a warning that any material visible to Chinese users may also be visible to the Chinese government.” This open claim ironically tells how closed and monitored the Internet is for Chinese users. While I don't support corporation utilizing Internet to collect personal information, the government-owned Internet service is clearly more coercive.