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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: 19.06.2025 02:48

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

HIPAA violations

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

Why is my crush beautiful to me but not to others?

Insurrection

Perjury

Revenge porn

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

No freedom is absolute.

Threats of violence

Revealing classified information

What are some important works of Marcel Proust (novelist)?

And much, much more.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Fraud

This is a real question: Why do a lot of men/boys hate (yes, hate) women that voice their criteria in choosing a partner? Even when the criteria is sane and responsible. Besides it being, sadly, an effective mating strategy, why does it exist?

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.

False advertising

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.

What are the top 5 star Michelin restaurants near Pompano Beach, Florida?

Insider trading

Terroristic threats

Conspiracy

What was the first Native American tribe to inhabit Long Island, NY?

Trade secrets

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.