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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: 17.06.2025 09:59

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

Terroristic threats

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 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.

What is your opinion on The Beatles' impact on modern popular music? Are there any other bands with similar impacts on their genre(s)? Why them and not others?

HIPAA violations

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.

Perjury

A 35-year-old Florida man booked more than 120 free flights by posing as a flight attendant - Fortune

Insurrection

Revealing classified information

Revenge porn

What are some things that children used to wait for, but are no longer common in today's society?

No freedom is absolute.

False advertising

Trade secrets

Did sharing a wife turn out okay?

Fraud

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.

Threats of violence

What should every American know before traveling to the UK?

And much, much more.

Insider trading

Conspiracy

Could humans be selectively bred, like dogs, to create 2 subspecies that can no longer have offspring? Do I not understand selective breeding properly? Im not worried about the moral implications, just the science please.

Child pornography

Freedom of speech does not apply to: