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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: 20.06.2025 09:12

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

No freedom is absolute.

Perjury

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.

Is there anything wrong with me because I'm still single?

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.

Insider trading

And much, much more.

How do you leave a relationship when you are still in love?

Fraud

Terroristic threats

Child pornography

How are max different from medical and minimum security prisons?

HIPAA violations

Revenge porn

Threats of violence

Why do flat-earthers claim the 1967 photo of Earth from space was made with CGI, even though CGI didn't exist back then?

Trade secrets

Conspiracy

Revealing classified information

Has anyone shared his wife with a friend? How was it?

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.

False advertising

Why do so many autistic adults deal with self-hatred?

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Insurrection