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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 12:52

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

No freedom is absolute.

Insurrection

Insider trading

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Threats of violence

Perjury

Trade secrets

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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.

And much, much more.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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HIPAA violations

Terroristic threats

Fraud

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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.

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.

Child pornography

Do most narcissists have good intentions as long as you are under their control?

Conspiracy

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.

False advertising

Joe Biden is not the best president we had. That would be John F. Kennedy. How is voting for Donald Trump any worse than voting for Joe Biden?

Revealing classified information

Revenge porn