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

08.06.2025 07:20

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

Revenge porn

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.

Fraud

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Perjury

Insurrection

Child pornography

Do opposites attract? How often do you see weird couples like a guy/girl dating someone who is boring with no sense of humor ?

No freedom is absolute.

False advertising

Trade secrets

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Insider trading

Terroristic threats

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.

When did bestiality first occur to you and how did it happen the first time? Was it a deliberate decision or it just happened and you allowed it?

And much, much more.

Threats of violence

Revealing classified information

While on the surface of the moon, why isn’t the Apollo 11 spacesuit inflated like a balloon from the 3.7 psi internal pressure?

HIPAA violations

Conspiracy

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.

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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.

Freedom of speech does not apply to: