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

10.06.2025 00:04

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

Child pornography

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

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Revenge porn

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.

Fraud

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Trade secrets

Threats of violence

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.

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Insurrection

False advertising

Revealing classified information

What is your opinion about homosexuality? Do you think that it is by nature or a choice?

Perjury

No freedom is absolute.

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.

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And much, much more.

Terroristic threats

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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Insider trading

Conspiracy