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

14.06.2025 12:30

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

Terroristic threats

And much, much more.

Trade secrets

Two University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee researchers part of global team that discovered a new object in space - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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.

Perjury

Insider trading

What are the main issues that have historically and currently divided Republicans and Democrats?

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

Am I the bitch for never wanting to talk to my sister again because of something she said while talking back to me?

Threats of violence

Insurrection

False advertising

What is the difference between Michael Corleone’s marriage to Apollonia Vitelli and Kay Adams?

Revenge porn

Fraud

Revealing classified information

She was a Disney star with platinum records, but Bridgit Mendler gave it up to change the world - Ars Technica

No freedom is absolute.

Child pornography

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 is it, in the USA, a country with 334 million people, the choice of President comes down to two aged men, one of whom is a liar as well as a criminal, one who appears to be on his way to dementia. Surely a democratic country can put up better?

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.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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