If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
12.06.2025 09:00
And much, much more.
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.
Insurrection
Is it possible to permanently quit pornography?
False advertising
Revealing classified information
HIPAA violations
What’s something you did a lot as a kid that you don’t miss now that you’re an adult?
Revenge porn
Child pornography
Trade secrets
How do I get my body in shape?
Conspiracy
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.
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.
Threats of violence
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.
No freedom is absolute.
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
Insider trading
Fraud
How did Madri, mother of Nakula and Sahadeva die?
Perjury
Terroristic threats