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

10.06.2025 19:13

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

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.

Child pornography

HIPAA violations

—— indirects on kuorans, irl and idols

Threats of violence

No freedom is absolute.

False advertising

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Insider trading

Conspiracy

Revenge porn

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And much, much more.

Fraud

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.

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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.

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.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Why are American women so ugly nowadays?

Trade secrets

Revealing classified information

Terroristic threats

What sexual experience did you have at a highway rest area?

Insurrection

Perjury