If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
Last Updated: 21.06.2025 00:32
Revealing classified information
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.
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
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.
Have your parents ever walked in on you?
HIPAA violations
No freedom is absolute.
Insurrection
Trump-Musk row fuels 'biggest crisis ever' at Nasa - BBC
False advertising
Perjury
Terroristic threats
Fans slam Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford's message to "cost sensitive" fans - Eurogamer
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.
Trade secrets
Why don’t the little sugar breeches gun owners understand that life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows?
Child pornography
Revenge porn
Conspiracy
Million-Dollar Project Aims to Expose Bad Medical Research - Gizmodo
And much, much more.
Threats of violence