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

08.06.2025 04:54

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

Insurrection

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

Immunotherapy Drugs Show Major Progress in Early-Stage Cancer - Bloomberg.com

And much, much more.

Perjury

Child pornography

IndiGo, Delta, Air France-KLM, Virgin Atlantic Announce Partnership - Airways Magazine

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.

HIPAA violations

False advertising

Atheists who have read the Bible and think that contains immoral things, why do you assume that?

No freedom is absolute.

Revenge porn

Threats of violence

Kohler's $51M Arizona award terminated by Department of Energy - ABC15 Arizona

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Insider trading

Terroristic threats

Fallout 76: Gone Fission Release Notes - Bethesda.net

Revealing classified information

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.

PSG vs Inter: Opta Supercomputer Champions League Final Prediction - Opta Analyst

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.

Fraud