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

10.06.2025 07:09

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

Threats of violence

Child pornography

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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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.

Fraud

Perjury

What's a memory from your childhood that shaped who you are today?

Revealing classified information

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

How are Hinduism and Sikhism related, considering they both originated in Punjab, India?

Terroristic threats

No freedom is absolute.

And much, much more.

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Insider trading

Conspiracy

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.

Why should the law care about what I do behind closed doors?

Trade secrets

Revenge porn

False advertising

Can you explain the concept of an annulment of marriage in the Roman Catholic Church and its effects on a previous marriage?

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.

Insurrection