If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?
Last Updated: 16.06.2025 23:50

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.
And much, much more.
Perjury
What are the most extreme examples of hypocrisy?
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.
Child pornography
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.
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.
Terroristic threats
Is it okay for me to wear girls’ underwear?
Revealing classified information
Insurrection
HIPAA violations
Is it true that LGB should drop T?
False advertising
Threats of violence
Freedom of speech does not apply to:
Why did the UK Supreme Court rule that transgender women are not women?
Fraud
Revenge porn
No freedom is absolute.
Does centrifugal force teach us about gravity?
Insider trading
Conspiracy