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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: 29.06.2025 02:11

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

Child pornography

Threats of violence

Revenge porn

How do we know that Taylor Swift was originally a brunette?

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.

Revealing classified information

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.

Have you ever seen a woman having sex with a dog?

Fraud

And much, much more.

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.

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HIPAA violations

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Terroristic threats

I think that being gay is wrong, but I treat gay people respectfully like any other person. Is it homophobic? Or offensive in any kind of way? Aren’t disagreement and discrimination two different things?

Perjury

Insurrection

Conspiracy

Did you ever receive genuine remarks from a medium regarding your deceased relative with information that the medium could never normally know?

Insider trading

False advertising

No freedom is absolute.

Why do Democrats never produce a good argument for why Trump was a bad president?

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.

Trade secrets