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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 04:43

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

Trade secrets

Revealing classified information

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.

Do most narcissists have good intentions as long as you are under their control?

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.

Terroristic threats

Do you agree with Pete Hegseth's comment that Obama created a moral divide between military and civilian life?

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.

Threats of violence

Arnold Schwarzenegger Confronted Patrick After He Said He Wished He Didn’t Have His Last Name - BuzzFeed

HIPAA violations

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.

Insider trading

NASA robot for drilling on icy moons tested on Alaskan glacier - Ars Technica

Revenge porn

False advertising

Child pornography

'JC, Take the Wheel!' Kevin Smith Looks Back on His Hilariously Heretical 'Dogma' 25 Years Later - Rolling Stone

Fraud

And much, much more.

Insurrection

If you caught a shoplifter at your yard sale, how would you handle it?

Perjury

Conspiracy