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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 06:52

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

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.

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.

Perjury

Does the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom diagnose rare conditions? If so, does it provide treatment for them as well?

No freedom is absolute.

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.

False advertising

Have you ever forcibly sucked someone’s dick?

Terroristic threats

Conspiracy

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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HIPAA violations

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.

As a guy, how do you know you if you are considered attractive?

Trade secrets

Child pornography

Insurrection

Eastern District of Virginia | U.S. Government seizes approximately 145 criminal marketplace domains - Department of Justice (.gov)

Insider trading

Revenge porn

And much, much more.

At what point does trespassing become self defense? What are the necessary conditions for this line to be crossed from trespassing to self defense?

Fraud

Revealing classified information