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

Last Updated: 18.06.2025 05:06

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

Trade secrets

Fraud

HIPAA violations

Gun owners, imagine if an attacker comes to your home and takes your gun to use against you before you had the chance to pick it up. Would you regret owning a gun?

Perjury

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.

Terroristic threats

How often do prisoners try to escape from jail/prison, and how many of them succeed?

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.

Insider trading

Conspiracy

Should you have a threesome with your best friend and your significant other if the significant other requests it?

False advertising

Insurrection

No freedom is absolute.

How do you know how physically attractive you actually are?

Revenge porn

Threats of violence

Revealing classified information

Can they start feeding only one meal to prisoners on death row or those doing a life sentence? Because only then will it be real punishment. If they want extra food they can work or pay from their own pocket.

Child pornography

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.

And much, much more.

If sea levels were rising, wouldn't the acreage of coastal salt marshes increase? Are they?

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.

Freedom of speech does not apply to: