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

Last Updated: 17.06.2025 05:25

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

Conspiracy

Fraud

Threats of violence

Can you give an example of a documentary where the person telling the story believed it to be true, but it turned out to be false?

HIPAA violations

Revealing classified information

False advertising

Undercover cops in New York are riding the subways with iPods on to entice robbery. Is that a form of entrapment? If not, why not?

Perjury

Insider trading

Child pornography

Homophobia is clearly a harmful mental sickness. What can LGBT people do to cure it?

Revenge porn

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.

No freedom is absolute.

Is it wise to choose your family over your honor?

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.

Insurrection

And much, much more.

Has anyone liked being made a cocksucker?

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.

Trade secrets

Why is my ex mad I moved on when he dumped me?

Terroristic threats

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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