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

Last Updated: 01.07.2025 05:50

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

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

False advertising

What are some great short jokes?

Insurrection

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

At least 32 Zotac RTX 5090 buyers at Micro Center find only backpacks inside the boxes - TechSpot

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.

No freedom is absolute.

Sly Stone: Funk Revolutionary - The Free Press

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.

Fraud

Trade secrets

Psychopathic individuals recognize unfairness but are less likely to punish it - PsyPost

And much, much more.

Revealing classified information

Conspiracy

Imagine we could fly into space and take a selfie of our galaxy. This spacecraft made the most detailed map of the Milky Way ever - BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Revenge porn

Threats of violence

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Faster Than Anything Ever Seen : Mind-Blowing Speed of Quantum Entanglement Measured for the First Time - Glass Almanac

Child pornography

Insider trading