If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
Last Updated: 21.06.2025 00:24
Insider trading
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
Insurrection
Southwest Floats First Class, Lounges, Long Haul Flying: Good Strategy? - One Mile at a Time
Terroristic threats
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.
Fraud
Skin Aging Reduced by Molecules from Bacteria in the Blood - Neuroscience News
And much, much more.
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.
Revealing classified information
Jesse Armstrong’s HBO Movie ‘Mountainhead’ Gets Early Release On Max - Deadline
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.
Threats of violence
False advertising
Cloudy skies can’t dim joy as thousands fill nation’s capital for World Pride parade - AP News
No freedom is absolute.
Revenge porn
HIPAA violations
Turning the Red Planet green? It's time to take terraforming Mars seriously, scientists say - Space
Conspiracy
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.
Child pornography
Can you summarize season 1 of "The Acolyte"?
Perjury
Trade secrets