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

11.06.2025 01:08

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

Terroristic threats

Threats of violence

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

In my experience, British people are fat, ugly and arrogant. Why is it and can it be changed?

Insider trading

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.

Fraud

Warming climate may flip the script on the amount of CO₂ released by trees, study finds - Phys.org

No freedom is absolute.

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.

False advertising

Which one is better to guys, boobs or butt?

And much, much more.

Child pornography

Trade secrets

Inside Ukraine’s audacious drone attack on Russian air bases - CNN

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.

Revenge porn

Conspiracy

Self-learning neural network cracks iconic black holes - Phys.org

HIPAA violations

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.

Perjury

Is there such a thing as "left wing fascism"? If not, what is an example of a political ideology that is often mistakenly labeled as "left wing fascism"?

Insurrection

Revealing classified information