If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
12.06.2025 14:24
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.
Terroristic threats
Insurrection
Revealing classified information
And much, much more.
Child pornography
What would be the lowest score with 9 strikes and no gutter balls?
Trade secrets
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
Threats of violence
Is it safe to say that China is at least 30 years ahead of India?
Perjury
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.
Insider trading
Why can't white people just surrender their white privilege?
Fraud
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.
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.
Conspiracy
Revenge porn
Are rich people harder workers than poor people as a whole?
No freedom is absolute.
HIPAA violations