If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
14.06.2025 12:38
Threats of violence
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.
HIPAA violations
Why don’t the little sugar breeches gun owners understand that life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows?
Insider trading
Revealing classified information
False advertising
Do handsome guys intimidate women or people in general?
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 am I always so tired, no matter how much I sleep?
Revenge porn
Trade secrets
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
Terroristic threats
Perjury
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
No freedom is absolute.
What was your most embarrassing wardrobe malfunction in public?
Child pornography
Conspiracy