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

11.06.2025 23:58

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

Trade secrets

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.

Conspiracy

Trump's sons distance themselves from new Trump-branded crypto venture - ABC News

Insider trading

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Terroristic threats

Brain ‘Reset Wave’ May Explain How ECT Rapidly Relieves Depression - Neuroscience News

Perjury

Insurrection

False advertising

Do Marines really not need sleep during combat training or in general? If this is true, how and why is this possible?

Fraud

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.

Threats of violence

American Airlines plane diverted because it was too big to land at airport - WKRC

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.

Revenge porn

Revealing classified information

Is anal sex allowed in Islam? It's not written anywhere in the Quran whether it's forbidden or not.

HIPAA violations

No freedom is absolute.

And much, much more.

Can Djokovic climb the mountain? - Roland Garros

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.

Child pornography