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

13.06.2025 02:44

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

No freedom is absolute.

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.

Insurrection

Where do high school kids get weed from?

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

Revenge porn

How do you know how physically attractive you actually are?

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Threats of violence

Trade secrets

Was there a British ‘genocide’ of Aboriginal Australians?

Child pornography

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.

Perjury

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Insider trading

False advertising

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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Conspiracy

And much, much more.

Terroristic threats

How do you explain BYD selling more battery electric vehicles than Tesla in Europe for the first time in April?

Revealing classified information

HIPAA violations