If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
10.06.2025 14:21
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.
Insider trading
False advertising
Insurrection
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.
Terroristic threats
What's your favourite porn video to jerk off to?
Child pornography
Revenge porn
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
Porsche Built A One-Off Street-Legal 963 Hypercar For 88-Year-Old Roger Penske - Jalopnik
No freedom is absolute.
Revealing classified information
Fraud
What is your favourite colour and why?
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.
Trade secrets
Threats of violence
Ryan Lochte’s wife Kayla reveals ‘painful’ divorce after seven years of marriage - New York Post
And much, much more.
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.
Perjury
Why don't younger men like older women?
Conspiracy
HIPAA violations