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

12.06.2025 08:33

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

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.

HIPAA violations

Revenge porn

If everyone in Russia dropped into holes in the ground only never to return, would that be good for NATO and international peacekeepers? Can we convince Russians to be less diabolical, so they coexist? Does Putin stink like doo doo in the commode?

Fraud

No freedom is absolute.

Revealing classified information

When was the first time you felt discriminated against because you were female?

Insider trading

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Perjury

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False advertising

Trade secrets

Child pornography

Experts are certain, the next major volcanic eruption will cause climate chaos. - Farmingdale Observer

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.

Threats of violence

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Insurrection

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.

Terroristic threats

Are vampires real?

Conspiracy

And much, much more.