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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: 19.06.2025 15:13

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

Revenge porn

Threats of violence

Child pornography

What is your opinion about homosexuality? Do you think that it is by nature or a choice?

Terroristic threats

Conspiracy

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.

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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.

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:

How good do you sing and how do you know this?

Insurrection

Revealing classified information

Trade secrets

Is the 4B movement's aggressiveness against men for seeing women as mantelpieces valid?

Insider trading

No freedom is absolute.

Perjury

Why does it itch on my vulva, uterus, and sides of my vagina, but it doesn't itch inside the vagina?

Fraud

And much, much more.

HIPAA violations

My boyfriend always verbally abuse me and makes me cry. If I try to tell him how hurt I was, he says to me he loves me and can't hurt me but always abuse me. Why?

False advertising

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.