Logo

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

Last Updated: 24.06.2025 06:47

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

HIPAA violations

Insurrection

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

What are the pros and cons of banning homosexuality?

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.

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.

Dopamine Neurons Map Future Rewards, Not Just Past Ones - Neuroscience News

And much, much more.

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.

Conspiracy

Autem nesciunt sint et reprehenderit non fuga beatae et.

Fraud

Terroristic threats

Insider trading

What is something you'd rate 10/10?

False advertising

Child pornography

Threats of violence

How scientists confirmed the existence of 200-million-year-old species thought to be extinct - ABC News

Trade secrets

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.

Perjury

New model helps to figure out which distant planets may host life - Phys.org

Revealing classified information

No freedom is absolute.