If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
Last Updated: 17.06.2025 00:36
Terroristic threats
Perjury
Revealing classified information
If sea levels were rising, wouldn't the acreage of coastal salt marshes increase? Are they?
Trade secrets
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.
Revenge porn
What can help me fall asleep at night?
Child pornography
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
HIPAA violations
No freedom is absolute.
Conspiracy
Insider trading
False advertising
And much, much more.
Fraud
Insurrection
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.
Threats of violence
Why is Canada letting too many Indians in Canada?
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.
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.