If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
Last Updated: 02.07.2025 00:07
Child pornography
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
Increased screen time linked to aggression, anxiety, low self-esteem in kids, study finds - ABC News
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.
Fraud
Revealing classified information
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
Perjury
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.
What is your best and worst childhood memory? What was your biggest fear as a child?
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.
Trade secrets
HIPAA violations
And much, much more.
Threats of violence
Conspiracy
China Considers Ordering Hundreds of Airbus Jets in Major Deal - Bloomberg.com
Revenge porn
No freedom is absolute.
Insurrection
What are the gifts you got when you cleared JEE ?
Terroristic threats
False advertising