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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 00:11

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

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.

Trade secrets

Revenge porn

Why do so many guys love anime girls?

And much, much more.

HIPAA violations

False advertising

Joey Chestnut, barred last July, returns to Nathan’s hot dog eating contest - The Washington Post

Revealing classified information

Threats of violence

No freedom is absolute.

Nicholas Galitzine Says Masters of the Universe Has Wrapped Production - Variety

Perjury

Fraud

Insurrection

Why do the Republican city officials at Springfield Ohio continue to deny that immigrants are eating pets to sabotage the Trump campaign, even though immigrant pet-eating is now widely believed to be true?

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.

Insider trading

Child pornography

How are Hinduism and Sikhism related, considering they both originated in Punjab, India?

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.

Terroristic threats

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.

Why do so many 18 to 29-year-old men struggle in dating?

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Conspiracy