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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: 23.06.2025 01:54

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

Child pornography

Insurrection

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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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.

Threats of violence

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.

Do you have any attributes quirks sensitivities abilities etc that you've come to learn most people don't experience? E.g. dream with subtext or experience de ja vu regularly or know you experience life very differently from those around you etc?

Conspiracy

HIPAA violations

Insider trading

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Revenge porn

Terroristic threats

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.

How likely is it to make a living out of being a window cleaner in a Nordic country?

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.

No freedom is absolute.

Why is pornography still alive and not illegal? Why doesn’t the government do about tricking women into them?

And much, much more.

Perjury

Trade secrets

What type of sex do women prefer, oral, anal, or vaginal?

Fraud

False advertising