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

15.06.2025 00:08

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

Terroristic threats

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.

Child pornography

I feel so attached and in love with a dead celebrity. My love for anyone else is overshadowed by my love for him. What does this mean?

And much, much more.

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.

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 did Obito, a supposed "bad person," do good things for Kakashi?

No freedom is absolute.

Revealing classified information

Fraud

Why did the Soviet Jews hate the Soviet Union?

Insurrection

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.

False advertising

Honestly! Do you people actually watch all that nonsense produced by the nitwit network television stations or do they just claim you do?

HIPAA violations

Perjury

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Why do flat-earth conspiracy theorists believe that photos from space, including those of satellites, are fake?

Revenge porn

Threats of violence

Trade secrets

Did sharing a wife turn out okay?

Insider trading

Conspiracy