If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
12.06.2025 00:52

Terroristic threats
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.
Insurrection
Perjury
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.
Revenge porn
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.
Revealing classified information
How One Keto Trial Set Off a New War in the Nutrition World - WIRED
Fraud
Threats of violence
False advertising
Could Patriots cut Stefon Diggs and owe him nothing? It’s complicated. - NBC Sports
Insider trading
Child pornography
HIPAA violations
Atheists who have read the Bible and think that contains immoral things, why do you assume that?
Conspiracy
And much, much more.
Trade secrets
Housing market tide is turning as home prices fall in top cities - Fortune
No freedom is absolute.
Freedom of speech does not apply to: