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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: 20.06.2025 00:12

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

Revenge porn

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.

Insurrection

What are the pros and cons of banning homosexuality?

Perjury

Trade secrets

False advertising

Is it okay to pay 12,000 SEK for rent 67m² furnished house for 2 people in Jönköping, Sweden? It also includes electricity, internet, heating, and water expenses.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Insider trading

Revealing classified information

What sexual experience did you have at a highway rest area?

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

No freedom is absolute.

Why do I feel like I want to suck a big dick after injecting meth?

Threats of violence

Fraud

Terroristic threats

What have you learned from your parents' mistakes?

And much, much more.

Conspiracy

Child pornography

Why do so many people like life?

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.

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.