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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 02:11

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

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.

Revenge porn

Threats of violence

Is it okay for a wife who comes home from a date to tell her husband what she did?

Insurrection

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.

What does 'Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys’ mean (Ezekiel 23:20)?

Insider trading

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

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No freedom is absolute.

Terroristic threats

Conspiracy

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Child pornography

And much, much more.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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False advertising

Trade secrets

Fraud

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Revealing classified information

Perjury