US Free Speech vs World

Not every country has the USA's "Free speech über alles" interpretation of "right to free speech"

Sure, in the US. Most countries are not that liberal with their speech laws, though.

Here in the US, we have freedom of expression.Unfortunately, most countries (including European countries) don't.

AIUI "practicing free speech" is mainly a US thing that doesn't map cleanly to other countries.

If you live in a country with strong free speech rights such as the US, not really.

The US doesn't ban hate speech at least, so in that respect it's freer than a lot of other countries.

The US doesn't even have free speech, as we can see from this event happening right now. Many European and European-style countries have weaker constitutional protections, but stronger actual protections in reality, than the USA. The USA's constitution significantly differs from the USA's reality.

I don't want to make a value judgement by using a word like "behind", but I do think most Americans are simply not aware of how extreme our country's stance on free speech is compared to the rest of the world. Countries like the UK, France, and Germany seem to function just fine with their more restrictive laws on speech.

By one of your own references USA is in the top 3 for freedom of speech.https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries...

I would recommend reading a touch about freedom of speech in the US, particularly the 'Shout Fire' thing [0]. That quote comes from a Supreme Court justice in ruling the 1st Amendment doesn't protect criticism of the draft, and is regarded as one of the worst rulings on the 1st amendment from the Supreme Court. While you're broad claims are correct, the US is the most free / least restrictive country in the world in terms of what you can say without legal repercussions (