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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 01:27

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.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

And much, much more.

From 1 to 10, how dark is the Naruto fandom? Why?

HIPAA violations

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.

Terroristic threats

How did the DMK alliance manage to keep the BJP out of Tamil Nadu politics all these years? Is the picture now changing in Tamil Nadu after the entry of Annamalai?

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.

Insider trading

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.

Why is pure dopamine not a recreational drug? And if it was wouldn’t it be the most addictive and fairly side effect free?

Revealing classified information

No freedom is absolute.

Perjury

Does the pro-choice movement realise that all the money used to subside abortions can be used to subsidize daycare and other financial support for single mothers with unplanned pregnancies?

Fraud

Threats of violence

Conspiracy

Do flat Earthers really exist? Why do they believe the Earth is flat?

Trade secrets

Revenge porn

Child pornography

'Uranus is weird.' Big moons of tilted ice giant hide a magnetic mystery, Hubble telescope reveals - Space

False advertising

Insurrection