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

14.06.2025 12:56

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.

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.

Trade secrets

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Insurrection

No freedom is absolute.

Revealing classified information

Have you ever been forced into bestiality?

Insider trading

Threats of violence

And much, much more.

In the last 500 years, have there been civilizations whose cruelty matched that of Nazi Germany?

Conspiracy

HIPAA violations

Perjury

What's your wildest & weirdest fantasy?

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.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Terroristic threats

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False advertising

Revenge porn

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.

Time (physics): Who started counting our current time or is it just "set" by some scientific measure?

Fraud

Child pornography