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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: 21.06.2025 23:56

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

Trade secrets

Revenge porn

HIPAA violations

Can you share something that captivates you, whether it's an idea, a discovery, or an invention?

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.

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.

Perjury

Can I use the LEG PRESS to build muscle?

Revealing classified information

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

And much, much more.

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Insurrection

No freedom is absolute.

Conspiracy

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Fraud

Insider trading

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.

Have you ever had sex with your mother-in-law? If so, how was it and did your wife ever find out?

Child pornography

False advertising

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.

How can The Telegraph criticize US debt as a 'danger to the global economy' when the UK government is also drowning in debt?

Terroristic threats

Threats of violence