This is why we need a free and open internet without central controls.
I think what we need is governments that don't kill someone over something he says first.
You have been banned from c/Conservative.
Hahaha
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.
How would that stop this specific situation at all? The guy wasn't censored from tweeting, he's sentenced to death because he tweeted.
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.
And of course that's important, but your first comment seemed to imply that uncensored internet would have prevented this
"Sad this guy is being murdered, but what we really should be talking about is the cause I'm interested in."
Technically, we could say if the internet was extremely censored and blocked any access to Twitter or VPNs, he wouldn't be sentenced to death for that reason (but probably killed for another bullshit reason)
Did Elon pay his legal bill?
In other news, new KSA national trainer Mancini to be the best paid football coach at 30 million a year. I'm sure he's having sleepless nights after hearing this news together with Ronaldo, Neymar & co.
This is the country your government sends weapons to
I don't have a solution for this catastrophic injustice all over the world, but we - as in we humans - have to chlose down these inhumane shadows like north Korea or other nations killing people for expressing their opinion. That has to stop. We have to go the way to overcome that concept of closed nations completely, we're all on an insignificant pebble in the dark & mankind has to grow up at last, from the ego-driven toddler at least to a plagued teenager iykwim.
I don’t have a solution for this catastrophic injustice all over the world
I sure do, but I'm not about to get put on a watchlist for suggesting it.
A barbaric nation with devilish monarchy that other nations support just because of their oil money. Anybody whose government supports them should feel ashamed.
Horrible. And this is a country that wants to be seen as anything but a pariah.
Barbarians. The world must treat them like it and shame them and their children until this stops.
Truly astonishing.
The "government" of Saudi Arabia and the rest of the GCC countries' end is coming. When they run out of oil or when oil loses demand, the same immigrants (institutionalized slaves) will revolt for equality and revolution will pursue
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