If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
13.06.2025 02:52
Insider trading
Revenge porn
Perjury
What is the most offensive thing someone has ever asked you?
Revealing classified information
HIPAA violations
No freedom is absolute.
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 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.
False advertising
What does 'Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys’ mean (Ezekiel 23:20)?
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.
Fraud
Terroristic threats
Child pornography
And much, much more.
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
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.
Conspiracy
Trade secrets
Threats of violence