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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: 20.06.2025 12:12

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

Terroristic threats

Revealing classified information

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

How do people who are deaf learn sign language? Is it typically taught by parents at a young age or are there programs available for learning it later in life?

Revenge porn

Child pornography

Threats of violence

Why can't NASA just bite the bullet and launch a plainly simple mission, audited by flat earther peers start to finish that definitively proves to even the smallest minds that the earth is an oblong spheroid, and not flat?

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.

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.

Why does the God of the Bible condemn homosexual acts?

Trade secrets

HIPAA violations

Fraud

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

And much, much more.

False advertising

Insurrection

How can I get my ex-husband to love me again?

Perjury

Conspiracy

Insider trading

How did my ex move on very fast?

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.