If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
Last Updated: 01.07.2025 02:52
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
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.
HIPAA violations
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.
False advertising
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.
And much, much more.
Insider trading
Tony Awards: Predicting the Winners Using Just Math - The Hollywood Reporter
Threats of violence
No freedom is absolute.
Insurrection
Student Solves a Long-Standing Problem About the Limits of Addition - WIRED
Terroristic threats
Fraud
Revealing classified information
Men who stole $6 million golden toilet from English mansion sentenced to prison terms - AP News
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
Child pornography