If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
11.06.2025 01:19
Terroristic threats
Insurrection
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.
Conspiracy
HIPAA violations
Trade secrets
Why do most people care so much about what others think? Are they afraid of society norms?
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.
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
Shouldn’t there be a short porn platform like TikTok?
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
No freedom is absolute.
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
Child pornography
False advertising
Why do I like to eat my own cum?
Revealing classified information
And much, much more.
Revenge porn
Fraud
Threats of violence