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

Last Updated: 01.07.2025 22:35

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

Insurrection

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.

False advertising

Do you think Andrew Tate and Nigel Farage are part of a "similar phenomenon"?

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

HIPAA violations

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.

With Micah Parsons, the Cowboys foolishly drag their feet — again - NBC Sports

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.

Insider trading

If you caught a shoplifter at your yard sale, how would you handle it?

Revenge porn

Child pornography

Terroristic threats

What is the funniest joke you've been told that you still think about to this day?

Revealing classified information

Trade secrets

Perjury

What is the most exciting aspect of driving an 18-wheeler truck across America (or any other country)?

Conspiracy

Fraud

No freedom is absolute.

Men more likely than women to orgasm from anal penetration, study finds - PsyPost

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.

And much, much more.