If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
Last Updated: 21.06.2025 04:59
Insurrection
Conspiracy
Threats of violence
Would you let your partner cheat on you every now and again?
Revealing classified information
Child pornography
Trade secrets
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.
Terroristic threats
False advertising
What’s something you did a lot as a kid that you don’t miss now that you’re an adult?
Perjury
Revenge porn
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
Do you think Japan will have same-sex marriage by 2030?
Insider trading
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.
Why did the American's mulberry harbor not hold up after D-Day?
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.
No freedom is absolute.
Fraud
Can you write a letter to your first love without mentioning his/her name?
HIPAA violations
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.