A Saudi court has sentenced a man to death based solely on his Twitter and YouTube activity.
  • Steeve@lemmy.caEnglish
    9·
    10 months ago

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

    • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
      42·
      10 months ago

      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.

      • Steeve@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        And of course that’s important, but your first comment seemed to imply that uncensored internet would have prevented this

        • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          “Sad this guy is being murdered, but what we really should be talking about is the cause I’m interested in.”