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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 13:39

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

And much, much more.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Child pornography

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Revealing classified information

Revenge porn

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Insider trading

False advertising

HIPAA violations

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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.

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.

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Trade secrets

Insurrection

Terroristic threats

Why does my vagina and around my butthole itch? I don't have weird discharge and I'm still a virgin.

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.

Perjury

Fraud

Why aren't U.S. prisons more like Marine Corps boot camp, were every second of the day there are mandatory activities so that at night everyone is so tired they go to sleep until wakeup at 5:30 am? Would this make prisons safer for all?

Conspiracy

Threats of violence