If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
Last Updated: 18.06.2025 07:20
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.
Perjury
Insider trading
Was Jimmy Carter a good President of the United States?
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.
Trade secrets
Revealing classified information
What are some of your shocking stories?
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.
Child pornography
Threats of violence
Are rich people harder workers than poor people as a whole?
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
Conspiracy
Fraud
Why do you think Filipinos are conservatives?
Revenge porn
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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Insurrection
HIPAA violations
Terroristic threats
False advertising
No freedom is absolute.