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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 02:20

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

Insider trading

Conspiracy

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.

Why am I so tired of seeing homeless people all over the place?

Perjury

Revealing classified information

HIPAA violations

How did my ex move on very fast?

And much, much more.

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.

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.

If Russia needs the resources to fund the war in Ukraine, why doesn’t it throw open its doors to visa free western tourism? Enough people would be interested, & it would start to get some hard currency as €, CHF, £, SEK, $, JPY in the tills at shops.

Threats of violence

Revenge porn

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

If atheists are so positive that there is no God, where is their proof that He does not exist?

Fraud

Insurrection

False advertising

Is it true that all men want a woman who looks like an Instagram “model”?

Trade secrets

Child pornography

Terroristic threats

Are democrats eating crow?

No freedom is absolute.

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.