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

10.06.2025 00:06

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

Threats of violence

Revenge porn

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Million-Dollar Project Aims to Expose Bad Medical Research - Gizmodo

Insider trading

And much, much more.

Trade secrets

Leprosy Was Lurking in The Americas Long Before Colonization, Study Finds - ScienceAlert

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.

Revealing classified information

No freedom is absolute.

Why do flat-earthers claim the 1967 photo of Earth from space was made with CGI, even though CGI didn't exist back then?

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

Fraud

Why did Lord Shiva lust after Mohini - how can he be the supreme and worthy of devotion if he did such a thing?

Child pornography

Conspiracy

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.

I am 11 years old and I think I am going through puberty. Why do my nipples hurt when I touch them? Is it normal?

Insurrection

Terroristic threats

False advertising

How should I go about convincing my mother that my foreign online boyfriend isn't out to get my holes or scam me?

Perjury

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.