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

12.06.2025 00:00

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

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.

Insurrection

Revealing classified information

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Fraud

No freedom is absolute.

Perjury

In the last 500 years, have there been civilizations whose cruelty matched that of Nazi Germany?

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Revenge porn

Terroristic threats

The Labour Party wants to put the Winter fuel allowance and the £800,000 of gifts received by ministers behind us. Is this a real option for the people who will suffer as our new masters unapologeticly feast on freebies?

Conspiracy

HIPAA violations

False advertising

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Threats of violence

Insider trading

Child pornography

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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.

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.

Trade secrets

What does it feel like to "lose your looks" to age?

And much, much more.

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.