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

Last Updated: 16.06.2025 14:34

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

Child pornography

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.

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.

How did China invent gunpowder but it was the European nations that went out and “conquered the world using firearms”?

Fraud

Revealing classified information

Perjury

What is the worst emotional pain you ever felt as an adult?

False advertising

Threats of violence

And much, much more.

Did you become a cuckold for your wife?

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.

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.

HIPAA violations

What can help me fall asleep at night?

No freedom is absolute.

Insurrection

Conspiracy

Has any man licked his wife's vagina while another man had sex with her?

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Revenge porn

Insider trading

How would you describe modern day Russian society, beyond just politics?

Terroristic threats

Trade secrets