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

Last Updated: 17.06.2025 07:13

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

Child pornography

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

Why are there posts saying the T in LGBT should be dropped? With what is happening in the US and beyond against the trans community cause for concern that if this is accepted could it be deemed acceptable to start on the LGB community again?

Perjury

Insider trading

And much, much more.

Why were the Japanese soldiers in WW II so hesitant to surrender in battle?

Conspiracy

Threats of violence

Insurrection

Have you ever followed through being bi-curious?

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Revenge porn

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.

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No freedom is absolute.

Fraud

Trade secrets

What exactly is the boundary men should follow while looking at girls so they don't call them perverts?

False advertising

Revealing classified information

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.

How does a 45-year-old man get a girlfriend?

Terroristic threats

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.

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