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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: 23.06.2025 10:51

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

Terroristic threats

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.

What is your favourite colour and why?

Fraud

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.

False advertising

Men more likely than women to orgasm from anal penetration, study finds - PsyPost

And much, much more.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Child pornography

Animi velit error sapiente nihil.

Trade secrets

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.

Insider trading

Why does my dog keep licking at her privates now? She is 7 years old and has barely started licking there. The vet said she’s fine but she keeps doing that.

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.

HIPAA violations

Threats of violence

A 2.6-Million-Pound Rock Thrown Inland… by a Monster Wave - The Daily Galaxy

Insurrection

Conspiracy

No freedom is absolute.

NASA and India to Launch a $1.5 Billion Revolutionary Satellite That Will Change Earth Observation Forever! - The Daily Galaxy

Revenge porn

Revealing classified information