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

09.06.2025 06:41

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

Insider trading

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.

Terroristic threats

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Revealing classified information

Fraud

Revenge porn

Why can't white people just surrender their white privilege?

Perjury

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

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Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Insurrection

Conspiracy

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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.

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

Why can't we send flat Earthers to space and show them the shape of Earth?

And much, much more.

HIPAA violations

No freedom is absolute.

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Threats of violence

False advertising