If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
Last Updated: 23.06.2025 01:50
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
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.
Trade secrets
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.
Revenge porn
HIPAA violations
Insurrection
Conspiracy
Insider trading
Revealing classified information
Fraud
Terroristic threats
It seems that I am cursed with bad luck. How do I break such a curse?
Child pornography
No freedom is absolute.
Perjury
What is the scope of generative AI?
Threats of violence
And much, much more.
False advertising
I dreamt my mother had died and I cried so much in my dream. What does it mean?
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.