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

08.06.2025 07:45

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

Trade secrets

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.

Terroristic threats

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Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Threats of violence

Insurrection

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Revealing classified information

Fraud

HIPAA violations

Why is only the left side of my vagina bleeding, on and off?

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.

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.

Conspiracy

Trumpworld Is Fighting Over ‘Official’ Crypto Wallet - WIRED

False advertising

And much, much more.

Perjury

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Insider trading

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.

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Revenge porn

Child pornography