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

Last Updated: 03.07.2025 04:22

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

Insider trading

Revealing classified information

Terroristic threats

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Child pornography

False advertising

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.

When did you realize that your childhood was not normal?

Perjury

Threats of violence

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.

Is it possible this person (ai rendering of actual person) has Neanderthal skeletomuscular phenotype expression? He is 5’7”, 190 lbs.

Insurrection

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Revenge porn

I can’t get any girl I want, but I can just get some not my type of girls, so I feel I’m so ugly. What should I do?

Trade secrets

HIPAA violations

No freedom is absolute.

Republicans, why do you support Kamala Harris over Donald Trump?

And much, much more.

Fraud

Conspiracy

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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.

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.