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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: 22.06.2025 11:02

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

Terroristic threats

Perjury

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.

I caught my neighbor leaving his 12-year-old son home alone and he has not come back in 6 hours. Should I call CPS?

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.

Fraud

Engine that caught fire on American Airlines flight had parts installed backward: safety board report - Fortune

Insurrection

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.

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.

Why has Trump suddenly lost the massive momentum he had after his assassination attempt where everybody thought he had secured the presidency?

Conspiracy

Child pornography

Revenge porn

These glowing axolotls may hold the secret to human limb regeneration - MSN

False advertising

Revealing classified information

HIPAA violations

Do conservative white women like black men?

Threats of violence

No freedom is absolute.

Trade secrets

Five dead in latest Israeli shootings of Gazans seeking aid, say local officials - Financial Times

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Insider trading