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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 12:26

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

Trade secrets

Insurrection

And much, much more.

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Threats of violence

Terroristic threats

Fraud

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Revealing classified information

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.

Insider trading

There is any scientific evidence that we live in a sphere. Why do others say that we lives in a flat Earth but there is no evidence that they have proven the existence of a flat earth?

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.

Child pornography

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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.

Perjury

Conspiracy

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Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Revenge porn

HIPAA violations

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False advertising

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.