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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: 21.06.2025 02:43

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

No freedom is absolute.

Insider trading

Insurrection

Why did Obito, a supposed "bad person," do good things for Kakashi?

HIPAA violations

Conspiracy

Threats of violence

How do I stop someone from forcing/pestering me to become gay/bisexual when I already want to be straight?

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.

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.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Were the 1980s as uptight and prudish as movies and TV shows make them out to be? When I think of 80s culture, I think about a very "icky" judgmental yuppie status quo time period.

Revenge porn

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 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's the funniest thing you heard in a movie theater?

Child pornography

Terroristic threats

False advertising

How do you get people to follow your Quora Space?

And much, much more.

Trade secrets

Fraud

Have you ever had your crush reject you, and then later you all dated and married?

Revealing classified information

Perjury