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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: 21.06.2025 01:41

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

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.

Insurrection

HIPAA violations

Why does Boko Haram attack its own Muslims?

Perjury

No freedom is absolute.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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Conspiracy

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.

Revealing classified information

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Revenge porn

False advertising

Terroristic threats

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Threats of violence

Trade secrets

And much, much more.

Whenever I write a novel, I struggle with the end, should I make it open? Should the good win or the bad win? Sometime I don't even have an ending, what should I do?

Fraud

Insider trading

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.

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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.