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

15.06.2025 04:08

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

False advertising

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.

Teen girl from 6,200 years ago with cone-shaped skull unearthed in Iran - Phys.org

Insurrection

Conspiracy

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.

Time (physics): Who started counting our current time or is it just "set" by some scientific measure?

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.

Fraud

Perjury

I see lots of pictures of women who have huge clits are they real or what?

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.

Revealing classified information

Child pornography

Howard Schultz says he 'did a cartwheel' when Starbucks CEO Niccol coined 'back to Starbucks' strategy - CNBC

HIPAA violations

Revenge porn

And much, much more.

Were the 1980s as uptight and prudish as movies and TV shows make them out to be? When I think of 80s culture, I think about a very "icky" judgmental yuppie status quo time period.

Terroristic threats

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Insider trading

Do you agree with Pete Hegseth's comment that Obama created a moral divide between military and civilian life?

Trade secrets

No freedom is absolute.