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

Last Updated: 16.06.2025 07:17

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

HIPAA violations

Insider trading

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.

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Trade secrets

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

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Perjury

No freedom is absolute.

Conspiracy

Why can't white people just surrender their white privilege?

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.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Revealing classified information

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Child pornography

And much, much more.

Threats of violence

Are people who cite the 2nd Amendment honestly familiar with what it establishes?

Insurrection

Revenge porn

Fraud

What are your political and economic beliefs? How did you form them, especially in comparison to those who hold opposing views?

False advertising

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.