If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
Last Updated: 17.06.2025 07:54
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
Conspiracy
If sea levels were rising, wouldn't the acreage of coastal salt marshes increase? Are they?
Insurrection
And much, much more.
Trade secrets
It has been said that people with ADHD can often hyperfocus. Can that be an advantage?
Insider trading
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.
False advertising
Perjury
Terroristic threats
Child pornography
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.
Have you ever gone to a porn theater with your wife?
Threats of violence
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.
HIPAA violations
Revenge porn
Freedom of speech does not apply to: