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

12.06.2025 00:06

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

Revealing classified information

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.

HIPAA violations

How do I run away? I'm 15 and live in Oklahoma.

Child pornography

False advertising

No freedom is absolute.

A misplaced MRI found a tumor on her spine. Doctors removed it through her eye in a first-of-its-kind surgery. - CBS News

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.

And much, much more.

Revenge porn

Why do women have sex with dogs?

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

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Neither China nor Egypt, the largest construction visible from space is located in Europe. - Farmingdale Observer

Trade secrets

Fraud

Perjury

Solar 'cannonballs' may have stripped Mars of its water, long-awaited study reveals - Live Science

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.

Insider trading

Insurrection

When I buy a house, do I automatically own all items the previous owner failed to remove from the property?

Threats of violence

Conspiracy