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

Last Updated: 01.07.2025 06:54

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

Revealing classified information

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.

Trade secrets

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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.

Insider trading

And much, much more.

Veritatis voluptatem autem enim similique quo quasi magnam tempora.

No freedom is absolute.

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.

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Child pornography

Insurrection

Fraud

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Conspiracy

Terroristic threats

Threats of violence

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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

HIPAA violations

Why is every human messed up in some way?

Revenge porn

Freedom of speech does not apply to: