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

09.06.2025 00:18

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

Conspiracy

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.

Terroristic threats

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Threats of violence

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.

Why is there so much hate against black people?

Revealing classified information

Perjury

HIPAA violations

What thing happened to you as a child that you haven’t let go of to this day?

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.

No freedom is absolute.

Revenge porn

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Insurrection

And much, much more.

Trade secrets

What are some funny and smart quotes?

Insider trading

Child pornography

Fraud

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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.

Freedom of speech does not apply to: