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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: 19.06.2025 06:39

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

Insurrection

Terroristic threats

Threats of violence

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No freedom is absolute.

Conspiracy

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.

What caused North Korea to go poor when at first it was rich?

Trade secrets

Insider trading

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Why do so many FtM people act like MtF people don't exist and what the hell am I supposed to do as an MtF person?

HIPAA violations

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.

And much, much more.

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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.

Revealing classified information

In the TV show Supernatural, why is God portrayed as cruel?

False advertising

Child pornography

Revenge porn

How is it, in the USA, a country with 334 million people, the choice of President comes down to two aged men, one of whom is a liar as well as a criminal, one who appears to be on his way to dementia. Surely a democratic country can put up better?

Perjury

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.