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

09.06.2025 02:57

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

Terroristic threats

Conspiracy

No freedom is absolute.

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

Fraud

Child pornography

Short story writers, what is your favorite character you've created and do they appear in more than one of your works?

Insider trading

Revenge porn

False advertising

Why do American conservatives say that America is a constitutional republic and not a democracy? Would it not make sense to call America a constitutional republican democracy?

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Revealing classified information

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.

What is the sum of X+XX+XXX+XXXX?

Insurrection

Perjury

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 do some people admire Latin American cultures but not want to be from or live in those countries?

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.

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.

How do you explain the involvement of a mainland Chinese visitor, her local relative, and a 65-year-old friend of the latter in the suspected money laundering case seized by Hong Kong police?

Threats of violence

And much, much more.