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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: 22.06.2025 02:02

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

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.

Fraud

How can I have an overnight glow-up for school?

HIPAA violations

No freedom is absolute.

Perjury

Redefining physics to roll a ball vertically - Phys.org

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

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.

MAGA talking heads are saying that no MAGA child would publicly cry for their father, and want Gus Walz investigated as a crisis actor. I cried for my father and mother when they won or lost in life, am I a weird conservative or is MAGA messed up?

Insurrection

And much, much more.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

My wife admitted to cheating on me with a married man. Should I tell this man and his wife that I know?

Trade secrets

Threats of violence

Revealing classified information

Bitcoin nears $105K as Donald Trump demands 'full point' Fed rate cut - Cointelegraph

Terroristic threats

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.

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Revenge porn

Insider trading