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

11.06.2025 03:55

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

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.

Perjury

Threats of violence

Facial Stimulation Clears Brain Waste and Boosts Aging Minds - Neuroscience News

And much, much more.

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.

Revealing classified information

Credit cards could blow up a carefully crafted crypto compromise - Politico

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Revenge porn

Trade secrets

Trivago watched its revenue forecast plummet from $1 billion to nearly zero—so the company tapped a set of former interns to turn it around - Fortune

False advertising

Fraud

No freedom is absolute.

What happened to everybody's thick skin? It used to be that people really didn't get offended, now however, everybody gets offended by the least little thing.

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.

Insurrection

HIPAA violations

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Child pornography

Conspiracy

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.

I have BPD. Why do I destroy everyone I love?

Insider trading

Terroristic threats