If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
Last Updated: 01.07.2025 04:15
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.
Revenge porn
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.
Why would an older small breed dog become obsessive about hygiene?
HIPAA violations
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.
Insider trading
Why climbing the stairs can be good for your body and brain - BBC
Child pornography
False advertising
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.
Insurrection
Terroristic threats
Fraud
Trade secrets
Conspiracy
Does anybody believe in cultural appropriation?
Revealing classified information
Threats of violence
No freedom is absolute.
Has any man licked his wife's vagina while another man had sex with her?
And much, much more.
Freedom of speech does not apply to: