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

10.06.2025 04:15

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

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

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.

Trump is forcing this dirty, costly coal plant to stay open - The Washington Post

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.

False advertising

Trade secrets

What caused the stock market to crash?

Revealing classified information

HIPAA violations

Child pornography

Why don’t people want the American Dream anymore - marriage, kids, a dog, and the white picket fence?

Insurrection

Fraud

Revenge porn

How do we greet in German, French, Spanish, and Italian?

No freedom is absolute.

Conspiracy

And much, much more.

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Threats of violence

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.

Terroristic threats

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Insider trading

Freedom of speech does not apply to: