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

15.06.2025 00:02

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

False advertising

Threats of violence

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.

How do I convince flat earthers that the earth is round?

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Insider trading

Revenge porn

Can I use the LEG PRESS to build muscle?

HIPAA violations

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.

Conspiracy

What is the reason for the high rate of unmarried individuals in America, particularly among males?

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.

Insurrection

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.

Proposed NASA radio probe could use gravity 'lumpiness' to reveal the insides of alien worlds - Space

Terroristic threats

Perjury

Revealing classified information

Why do trans people get so deeply offended when a stranger misgenders them, especially when it's a first encounter? I've been socially transitioned for 4 years and it just feels like a waste of energy to be so hurt by it.

No freedom is absolute.

And much, much more.

Fraud

I caught my neighbor leaving his 12-year-old son home alone and he has not come back in 6 hours. Should I call CPS?

Child pornography

Trade secrets