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

Last Updated: 03.07.2025 00:54

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

Revealing classified information

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.

Insurrection

When was the first time your wife had beastiality?

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.

Child pornography

Threats of violence

This overlooked cause of PTSD is only going to get worse - vox.com

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

False advertising

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.

NIH froze funding for clinical trials at a major university. By fall, they’ll run out of funding - CNN

And much, much more.

HIPAA violations

Revenge porn

Astronomers discover 15 new giant radio galaxies — the largest single objects in the universe - Space

Insider trading

Conspiracy

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.

Real-World GLP-1 Weight-Loss Results Differ From Trials - Medscape

Fraud

Trade secrets

Perjury

What does it mean if someone asks if it’s pink?

Terroristic threats

No freedom is absolute.