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If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?

Last Updated: 22.06.2025 00:32

If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?

Revenge porn

HIPAA violations

Terroristic threats

Why do I sometimes hear full conversations when I am alone?

If you’re wondering why free speech doesn’t apply to the internet, it’s because you have no right to use other people’s stuff for free.

Insurrection

Child pornography

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Insider trading

Fraud

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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Perjury

No freedom is absolute.

Conspiracy

How do you get started in bestiality with a dog as a male?

Revealing classified information

That’s what it is. You have no right to use other people’s stuff. If people let you use their stuff, they can tell you how you can use it, and they can tell you to stop using it any time they want.

You have freedom of speech. If I loan you my computer, I can tell you not to use it for certain things, because it’s mine, you have no right to use it, and if I give you permission to use it I can tell you what you can and can’t do with it.

Why do most people care so much about what others think? Are they afraid of society norms?

False advertising

And much, much more.

Trade secrets

What are the ten cars that make me no longer feel inferior?

You have freedom to travel. If I loan you my car, I can tell you not to take it out of town, because it’s mine, you have no right to use it, and if I give you permission to use it I can tell you what you can and can’t do with it.

Threats of violence