If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
15.06.2025 06:27

Terroristic threats
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.
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.
Insider trading
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.
What are you wearing under your clothes today?
Fraud
And much, much more.
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:
No freedom is absolute.
Child pornography
Why am I so tired of seeing homeless people all over the place?
HIPAA violations
Perjury
Trade secrets
What is your favourite colour and why?
Insurrection
Revealing classified information
False advertising
When a narcissist mad at their new supply, do they take it out on the old supply?
Conspiracy
Threats of violence