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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: 21.06.2025 00:49

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

Terroristic threats

Conspiracy

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.

What might be the social consequences of an ethnic as opposed to a civic conception of the nation?

Fraud

Revealing classified information

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.

Why do people have trouble accepting the very true fact that "The Blue Marble" photo of Earth is a composite and therefore (just like every other subsequent "picture" of Earth NASA has ever shown us) not a real photo but computer generated?

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.

No freedom is absolute.

Trade secrets

Why can't the ISS take a picture of Earth and prove to the Flat Earth Society that Earth is not really flat?

Child pornography

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Insider trading

Why do people love to live alone in a house?

Perjury

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.

HIPAA violations

What is the boldest and craziest thing your mother has ever done for you?

Revenge porn

False advertising

Threats of violence

How do I convince my husband that a threesome is okay?

Insurrection

And much, much more.