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

09.06.2025 05:18

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

Revealing classified information

Terroristic threats

HIPAA violations

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Threats of violence

And much, much more.

No freedom is absolute.

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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.

Trade secrets

Conspiracy

Did your siblings abuse you growing up? Not your parents, specifically your siblings, or other children in the household you were raised with.

Child pornography

Fraud

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.

Was Jesus Christ Jewish?

Insurrection

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.

Perjury

Why do many Hong Kong Chinese look different from the Han Chinese in mainland China?

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

False advertising

Revenge porn

What caused North Korea to go poor when at first it was rich?

Insider trading

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.