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

12.06.2025 01:53

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

Fraud

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.

Conspiracy

Why do gun lovers think their right to own a weapon supercedes everyone else's right to be safe and not be shot?

Revenge porn

Terroristic threats

Perjury

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Insurrection

And much, much more.

Insider trading

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HIPAA violations

Trade secrets

Threats of violence

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False advertising

Revealing classified information

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.

What have you learned from your parents' mistakes?

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.

Child pornography

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Why don't we hear our own snoring?

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.

No freedom is absolute.