If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
14.06.2025 12:01
Trade secrets
Revenge porn
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 was your embarrassing moment in front of your father-in-law as an Indian daughter-in-law?
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.
Conspiracy
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
Fraud
Threats of violence
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.
Child pornography
Terroristic threats
Insider trading
Why do men like to suck another man’s dick?
HIPAA violations
No freedom is absolute.
Insurrection
Does a person with schizophrenia hear voices?
False advertising
Perjury
And much, much more.
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.
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