Logo

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

Last Updated: 27.06.2025 00:40

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

Insider trading

Trade secrets

Revealing classified information

How Apple Created a Custom iPhone Camera for ‘F1’ - WIRED

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Insurrection

Perjury

How do fictional characters like Peter Pan from Once Upon a Time shape adolescents' perceptions of relationships and personal growth?

Terroristic threats

Conspiracy

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.

Salary you need to live comfortably in Virginia in 2025, according to new study - 13newsnow.com

No freedom is absolute.

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.

HIPAA violations

Further delays of Starliner’s next flight mark anniversary of its first crewed Space Station docking - Spaceflight Now

Revenge porn

Fraud

False advertising

Brad Pitt Recalls First AA Meeting After Angeline Jolie Divorce: 'I Needed to Wake the F-ck Up' - Rolling Stone

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.

And much, much more.

Threats of violence

Towards topological quantum batteries: Theoretical framework addresses two long-standing challenges - Phys.org

Child pornography

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.