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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: 17.06.2025 08:51

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

Insurrection

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.

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.

How come Taiwan is LGBT friendly, yet Japan and South Korea are not?

Revenge porn

Conspiracy

Revealing classified information

Have you experimented with bestiality?

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.

Threats of violence

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.

Is there anything you did that you regret? If so, what is it, and why?

False advertising

Trade secrets

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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No freedom is absolute.

And much, much more.

Terroristic threats

Geothermal Energy Has A New, 163-Gigawatt Message For Fossil Fuels - CleanTechnica

HIPAA violations

Insider trading

Fraud

Have you ever accidentally seen your mother-in-law doing something that was private to her?

Child pornography

Perjury