If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
09.06.2025 16:25
And much, much more.
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.
HIPAA violations
Tomatoes Recalled Over 'High Risk of Illness or Death' - Newser
False advertising
Revenge porn
Threats of violence
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Freedom of speech does not apply to:
Fraud
Revealing classified information
If a female has XX chromosomes and a male has XY chromosomes, what chromosomes do transgenders have?
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.
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.
How do you handle your mother-in-law after you heard her talking badly about you in the next room?
Child pornography
Insider trading
Conspiracy
Terroristic threats
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.
No freedom is absolute.
Perjury
Trade secrets