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

11.06.2025 16:05

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

Threats of violence

False advertising

Fraud

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No freedom is absolute.

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.

I can not sleep. what is the problem?

Terroristic threats

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.

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Revealing classified information

HIPAA violations

Revenge porn

Why do people keep denying the similarities between Latin and Italian by saying they are totally different languages when it’s obvious they sound similar?

Conspiracy

And much, much more.

Trade secrets

What is the cost of implementing synchronized traffic lights in a mid-sized city?

Insurrection

Child pornography

Insider trading

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Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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.