If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
15.06.2025 01:10

Revenge porn
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.
Child pornography
Why did McLaren hope that the Ferrari pair would pit twice during the Italian Grand Prix?
Revealing classified information
And much, much more.
Trade secrets
No freedom is absolute.
Insurrection
Threats of violence
Conspiracy
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.
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.
Insider trading
False advertising
Terroristic threats
Nvidia and Perplexity Team Up in European AI Push - WSJ
Fraud
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.
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
Any straight men had a gay experience in the past? What was it and how did you feel?
Perjury
HIPAA violations