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Saudi Arabia: Man Sentenced to Death for Tweets (www.hrw.org)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/world@lemmy.world
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[–] 89 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I think what we need is governments that don't kill someone over something he says first.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    There will always be people in power who use that power to stay in power, its the human condition. The best thing we can do is build systems to help people have free expression that can't be censored.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    How would that stop this specific situation at all? The guy wasn't censored from tweeting, he's sentenced to death because he tweeted.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    We get to talk about it, we are aware of it, we can work together as a community to appeal the government, apply sanctions, etc.

    This man is being punished for speech, ensuring speech is available to everyone is the least we can do going forward.

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  • [+] -8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    reported

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    What did you report me for? I'm genuinely curious

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  • [+] -7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    What does a moderator do?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    We know what mods do, what do you think a moderator do?

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  • [–] -3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Censors disruptive users. According to their personal definition of disruptive.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Let me try and understand you, because jet says its good to have platforms/tools that allow for free anonymous expression like Lemmy/Mastodon/VPN/TOR/Zeronet/etc.. this somehow is an attack against the mods on Lemmy?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    No, I'm correcting their implication that the fediverse is some free speech absolutist haven.

    And anyone foolish enough to think the governments of the world aren't watching, and can't find you, will find out that they are very wrong.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Then why didn't you just write that instead of reported? Because of cause the fediverse is not free speech absolutist place, but it's more free than a corporate form.

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