If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
Last Updated: 30.06.2025 01:24

Terroristic threats
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.
HIPAA violations
Cal Raleigh hits 30th HR, but Mariners fall to Cubs amid high winds, heat - The Seattle Times
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.
Eight killed after hot air balloon catches fire, crashes in Brazil - Al Jazeera
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
Revealing classified information
And much, much more.
Why are perceived or real slights interpreted as rejections and reality by pwBPD?
Revenge porn
Perjury
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.
After 600 Years, Astronomers Finally Solve the Mystery of the Missing ‘Guest Star’ - Gizmodo
Child pornography
Insider trading
Conspiracy
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.
Threats of violence
Trade secrets
Satellite measures river flow waves for the first time - The Washington Post
No freedom is absolute.
Fraud