If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
16.06.2025 01:39
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
Terroristic threats
How do I develop the patience to read books?
HIPAA violations
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.
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.
Child pornography
Threats of violence
No freedom is absolute.
What does 'Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys’ mean (Ezekiel 23:20)?
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
False advertising
Is the saying "nice guys finish last" true? Can good intentions always lead to positive outcomes?
And much, much more.
Revenge porn
Perjury
Norris fastest as Piastri hits the wall during FP3 in Canada - Formula 1
Revealing classified information
Conspiracy
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
How do teachers justify punishing a student for fighting back against their bullies?
Fraud
Insurrection