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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: 16.06.2025 12:31

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

Revealing classified information

Terroristic threats

Trade secrets

If I get served by someone else's papers, am I legally required to inform the person that they got served, or the court that they served the wrong person?

HIPAA violations

False advertising

Perjury

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Revenge porn

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.

Insider trading

Why do some people tell the girl I like that I don’t like her when I do like her?

Insurrection

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.

Conspiracy

When a dog smells another dog’s poo or wee, do they then remember that scent for when they smell it again, or even further know which dog they are smelling if they know the dog?

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.

Fraud

Child pornography

What does 'Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys’ mean (Ezekiel 23:20)?

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

No freedom is absolute.

Threats of violence

What is your review of "Regent", episode 5 of Season 2 House of the Dragon?

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.

And much, much more.