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

Last Updated: 03.07.2025 01:03

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

Revenge porn

False advertising

Child pornography

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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.

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.

HIPAA violations

Physicists observe a new form of magnetism for the first time - Phys.org

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.

Trade secrets

Insider trading

All the ways Apple TV boxes do—and mostly don’t—track you - Ars Technica

Conspiracy

No freedom is absolute.

Insurrection

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And much, much more.

Terroristic threats

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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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.

Perjury

Fraud

Why does Russia and many parts of Eastern Europe strangely have a high percentage of female doctors and physicians (~70%)?

Revealing classified information

Threats of violence