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

Last Updated: 20.06.2025 02:12

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

Perjury

And much, much more.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

How would you describe modern day Russian society, beyond just politics?

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.

HIPAA violations

Child pornography

How do the youth in Taiwan perceive their national identity in relation to China?

Revealing classified information

Terroristic threats

Fraud

Have you ever been a victim of gaslighting? What happened?

Insurrection

Threats of violence

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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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.

Insider trading

False advertising

Why am I so triggered and depressed over a minor thing?

Trade secrets

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.

No freedom is absolute.

What do you think of Hegseth calling The Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, "a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes” after team Trump texted him their top-secret war plans on Yemen?

Conspiracy

Revenge porn