If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
Last Updated: 20.06.2025 01:02
Fraud
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.
Trade secrets
Has a psychic ever made a crazy prediction that turned out to be true?
HIPAA violations
Revenge porn
Revealing classified information
Will you share your wife? Can she take both of us at the same time?
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
Conspiracy
Insider trading
Why did my ex move on so quickly?
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.
False advertising
Child pornography
Why do I get stressed when I go to bed?
Insurrection
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.
Perjury
No freedom is absolute.
Threats of violence
Terroristic threats
Why is the government destroying the homeless instead of helping them?
And much, much more.
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.