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

12.06.2025 00:52

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

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.

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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.

Why is the First Amendment referred to as a right to free speech instead of an immunity from punishment for one's words, regardless of their truthfulness?

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

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Fraud

Threats of violence

False advertising

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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: