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

14.06.2025 00:20

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

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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.

HIPAA violations

Why do I sweat so much? I’m 17 but I feel like I always need to re-apply deodorant and I am always self-conscious that I smell because I feel sweat under my arms.

Insider trading

Fraud

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.

Do you think covid 19 was never as bad as it got made out to be where we needed lockdowns and restrictions?

Perjury

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.

Revealing classified information

What is the worst thing your sibling has done?

Threats of violence

False advertising

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.

Apple’s Craig Federighi on the long road to the iPad’s Mac-like multitasking - Ars Technica

Trade secrets

And much, much more.

Terroristic threats

Atheists, there is a god up there in heaven and he loves you so much that he sent his son to die the worst death imaginable and then to turn into a zombie all to save you from sin. Why do you reject him?

No freedom is absolute.

Insurrection

Conspiracy

Microsoft Installs Emergency Update On Windows PCs - Forbes

Revenge porn

Child pornography