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

08.06.2025 01:17

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

HIPAA violations

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Child pornography

My religion teacher said that there are no atheists because in order to reject God, you must first have a concept of God, and if you have a concept of God, you are not an atheist. In what way is this true, if at all? Why?

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

Insider trading

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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.

Terroristic threats

Have you ever seen your wife being fucked?

Trade secrets

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.

Perjury

Fishing is a popular pastime on many US beaches. What is a type of saltwater fish commonly caught from piers or by wading (flounder, redfish, etc.)?

Insurrection

No freedom is absolute.

Revenge porn

A protestant (one that adheres to sola scriptura) disagrees with a catholic. How do they propose resolving the dispute?

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

Fraud

What is the American mobile phone number format?

And much, much more.

False advertising