Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE
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Re: Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE
#2Well, it's that or the accounts get removed completely. Sometimes you have to pick your fight, and this doesn't look like one that's worth it.
Re: Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE
#3The title should read "Saudi Arabia". Cutting a country name in half (unless its an accepted way of abbreviating it) is not a good say of modifying a headline. What is next? Zealand ?
Re: Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE
#4Disappointing but not surprising. This is what happens when you're a billion dollar company and your ethical bone is tied to "we fully comply with the law". You get compliance by default, even if doing so would exacerbate human rights abuses.
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#5I look forward to the day that society finally decides to hold Meta (Facebook), Alphabet (Google), Microsoft, Apple etc accountable for their transgressions against humanity.
Some say it will never happen, but they said that about the now-dying tobacco industry, too.
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#6The title should read "Saudi Arabia". Cutting a country name in half (unless its an accepted way of abbreviating it) is not a good say of modifying a headline. What is next? Zealand ?
Arabia existed before the Saudis. It will exist after.
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Re: Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE
#8I look forward to the day that society finally decides to hold Meta (Facebook), Alphabet (Google), Microsoft, Apple etc accountable for their transgressions against humanity. Some say it will never happen, but they said that about the now-dying tobacco industry, too.
M.A.M.A knows what's best.
Re: Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE
#9Well, it's that or the accounts get removed completely. Sometimes you have to pick your fight, and this doesn't look like one that's worth it.
Not true, there’s a third option: Stop operating in those countries. Which used to be a common choice for tech companies, until it somehow became unthinkable for some reason.
Re: Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE
#10The title should read "Saudi Arabia". Cutting a country name in half (unless its an accepted way of abbreviating it) is not a good say of modifying a headline. What is next? Zealand ?
Arabia existed before the Saudis. It will exist after.
Yes, but it means something different to the name of the country. It means a region.