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

12.06.2025 00:46

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

Child pornography

Conspiracy

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.

What are the core beliefs of liberalism and conservatism? Can you provide a list of defining characteristics for each side?

Perjury

Terroristic threats

False advertising

What do you like about McDonald's?

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Insider trading

Revenge porn

In my experience, British people are fat, ugly and arrogant. Why is it and can it be changed?

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.

Revealing classified information

Trade secrets

Six killed by Israeli gunfire near Gaza aid site, Hamas officials say - BBC

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.

No freedom is absolute.

Threats of violence

Horoscope for Sunday, June 08, 2025 - Chicago Sun-Times

Fraud

Insurrection

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.

If Russia needs the resources to fund the war in Ukraine, why doesn’t it throw open its doors to visa free western tourism? Enough people would be interested, & it would start to get some hard currency as €, CHF, £, SEK, $, JPY in the tills at shops.

HIPAA violations

And much, much more.