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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: 28.06.2025 14:37

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

Trade secrets

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.

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.

If there exists a “New York of Australia”, is it Sydney or Melbourne?

Child pornography

Revenge porn

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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Perjury

Revealing classified information

Insider trading

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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

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Are greedy private sector landlords responsible for Britain's housing crisis?

Conspiracy

Threats of violence

And much, much more.

As a Chinese, what disgusts you about the Chinese society today?

No freedom is absolute.

False advertising

Terroristic threats

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Insurrection

Fraud