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

13.06.2025 04:47

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

Insider trading

No freedom is absolute.

False advertising

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Trade secrets

Terroristic threats

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 can't the ISS take a picture of Earth and prove to the Flat Earth Society that Earth is not really flat?

HIPAA violations

Revealing classified information

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Why are black people seen as scary or a threat to some people?

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.

Revenge porn

Threats of violence

Why do you think Democrat favorability ratings are so low?

Perjury

Insurrection

Child pornography

How has your life changed since starting college?

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.

Conspiracy

And much, much more.

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Fraud

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.