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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: 26.06.2025 02:32

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

Terroristic threats

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.

Fraud

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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.

Threats of violence

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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

Revenge porn

False advertising

Insider trading

Why do liberals have a problem with masculine men like Andrew Tate?

Child pornography

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.

Trade secrets

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HIPAA violations

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.

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No freedom is absolute.

Conspiracy

And much, much more.

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Perjury

Insurrection