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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: 30.06.2025 01:24

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

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

I'm a 28-year-old guy who has never been in a relationship, nor can I seem to find someone who wants to be in one with me. Why do I feel like a freak?

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