If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
Last Updated: 21.06.2025 00:40
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.
Terroristic threats
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 do men love to stink/being smelly?
Revealing classified information
Insider trading
And much, much more.
Why is Tiananmen Square censored?
False advertising
Revenge porn
Conspiracy
Will you share your wife? Can she take both of us at the same time?
Insurrection
Perjury
Threats of violence
Fraud
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.
No freedom is absolute.
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
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
Do crossdressers like wearing pantyliners and tampons in their butts?
HIPAA violations
Child pornography