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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 00:40

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

Perjury

HIPAA violations

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.

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.

What is the rudest/meanest thing a family member has said to you?

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.

Revealing classified information

Revenge porn

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Conspiracy

No freedom is absolute.

False advertising

Is it wrong of me to feel uncomfortable that my friend thinks my brother is hot?

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.

Fraud

Threats of violence

What are some of your shocking stories?

Insider trading

And much, much more.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Why do I randomly start sweating a lot in public (while waiting in line, in a new class, etc.) then start sweating more because I’m embarrassed that I’m sweating so much? Is this social anxiety?

Insurrection

Terroristic threats