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

11.06.2025 14:37

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

Trade secrets

Conspiracy

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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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.

Threats of violence

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.

HIPAA violations

Perjury

Why do you think it is bad to allow people to self-identify as a different gender?

No freedom is absolute.

Fraud

Terroristic threats

Why cant I feel anything in my sleep? I cannot even feel myself moving, breathing, and swallowing saliva! I cannot even hear anything, not even my alarm! Some people that I've been with says that I'm moving a lot in my sleep, how can I stop it?

Revealing classified information

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Insurrection

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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.

Revenge porn

False advertising

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Child pornography

Insider trading