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

13.06.2025 03:35

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

Fraud

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.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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Perjury

Conspiracy

Revealing classified information

Why did the Soviet Jews hate the Soviet Union?

Trade secrets

And much, much more.

Threats of violence

Why do flat-earth conspiracy theorists believe that photos from space, including those of satellites, are fake?

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.

Terroristic threats

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No freedom is absolute.

Child pornography

False advertising

What are the best Jewish jokes?

Insurrection

Insider trading

HIPAA violations

Did the Sumerians, Babylonians and, other Mesopotamians create more, influence more and, were more advanced than Egypt?

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.

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.