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

14.06.2025 00:37

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

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.

Terroristic threats

Revenge porn

Why do men love to stink/being smelly?

Insurrection

HIPAA violations

No freedom is absolute.

Why do people turn a blind eye to bad behaviour if someone is very good looking? Whereas if someone is ugly, they get harshly judged for everything?

Perjury

Revealing classified information

Threats of violence

Is it possible to permanently quit pornography?

Trade secrets

Insider trading

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Since the rise of feminism, the dating market has shifted to the disadvantage of men and that is causing this incel phenomenon. Why do women not understand how lonely the majority of men are?

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.

Conspiracy

And much, much more.

Solar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun’s poles - European Space Agency

False advertising

Child pornography

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.

If everyone hates censorship so much, why do those “censorship-free” alternative social media sites always fail?

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.

Fraud