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

13.06.2025 07:11

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

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.

Terroristic threats

Fraud

What would explain Trump blaming Ukraine for starting the war with Russia?

HIPAA violations

Insurrection

Revealing classified information

What do you think of Hegseth calling The Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, "a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes” after team Trump texted him their top-secret war plans on Yemen?

Revenge porn

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.

Child pornography

Journal tells author its retracting three papers for concept that ‘violates’ law of thermodynamics - Retraction Watch

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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.

Insider trading

How can I get a girlfriend? I am 26.

Conspiracy

And much, much more.

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.

Have you ever been forced into bestiality?

False advertising

No freedom is absolute.

Perjury

What is the naughtiest fantasy that you've lived out?

Threats of violence

Trade secrets