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   Andy Piper (andypiper@macaw.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 23:38:39 JST Andy Piper

   This is not good.

   I was at #RightsCon in Taipei last year. I valued the humbling experience of meeting tech / human rights advocates with far more real-life experience of the space then I've had (I've been adjacent, but not travelled the same roads). I'd co-submitted for 2 sessions this year, they were not accepted so I'm not tangled up in this.

   Interesting (?) that Sam Altman-backed KoBold Metals broke ground on a new copper mine in Zambia yesterday... 👀

   https://techpolicy.press/rightscon-canceled-after-zambia-requires-full-alignment-with-national-values

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     Andy Piper (andypiper@macaw.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-May-2026 23:38:39 JST Andy Piper

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     And so it seems that the Taiwan issue was involved in the #RightsCon cancellation.

     https://www.wired.com/story/the-chinese-government-pressured-zambia-to-cancel-the-worlds-largest-digital-rights-conference/