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

11.06.2025 08:22

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

Insider trading

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.

And much, much more.

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Fraud

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.

Revealing classified information

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Freedom of speech does not apply to:

HIPAA violations

Threats of violence

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Child pornography

Perjury

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.

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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.

Trade secrets

Do you think some men have sex with prostitutes because they're too afraid to talk to women? Money does the talking for them.

Insurrection

Conspiracy

False advertising

How were cows used in ancient India?

Revenge porn

No freedom is absolute.