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

13.06.2025 02:47

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

Trade secrets

No freedom is absolute.

Terroristic threats

Why do flat earthers think using globetrotter, globetard, and other insults will make the educated arguer fall for the silly flat-earth belief?

Threats of violence

Insurrection

False advertising

My stepmother has banned me from the family. Can she legally keep me from going to my father's funeral?

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.

Perjury

Revenge porn

Which Bibles can one read and be confident they are reading the inerrant word of God?

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.

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.

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Child pornography

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Revealing classified information

Why do so many guys love anime girls?

Fraud

Conspiracy

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.

President Trump kicked Zelensky out of the White House. Is it over for a deal?

HIPAA violations

And much, much more.