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

Last Updated: 02.07.2025 01:48

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

Perjury

No freedom is absolute.

And much, much more.

Why didn't people like the Game of Thrones ending?

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

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.

China accuses US of ‘severely violating’ trade truce - Financial Times

Conspiracy

False advertising

Revealing classified information

Vikings are worried about J.J. McCarthy (if you ignore everything they've said) - The Viking Age

Insurrection

Revenge porn

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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Terroristic threats

Insider trading

Fraud

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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.

Trade secrets

HIPAA violations

What is the thing that the olden generation enjoys more than the modern generation?

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.

Threats of violence