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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/113437742842652707">Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 04:49:52 JST</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" title="pluralistic@mamot.fr"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/1478-48-20240201044531.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Cory Doctorow" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Cory Doctorow</a><div><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113437742097788744" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>Saudi law prohibits criticism of the royal family; when foreigners help Saudi women's rights activists evade these prohibitions, we violate Saudi sovereignty, but uphold human rights:</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55467414" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55467414</a></p><p>In other words, "sovereignty, yes; but human rights even moreso."</p><p>Which brings me back to the precipitating incidents for the *Locus* column: the arrest of billionaire Telegram owner Pavel Durov in France, and the blocking of billionaire Elon Musk's Twitter in Brazil. </p><p>10/</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3951452#notice-7718922">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-11-07T04:49:52+09:00" title="Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 04:49:52 JST">about 19 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113437742842652707" rel="external" title="Sent from mamot.fr via ActivityPub">mamot.fr</a></span></span><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113437742842652707">permalink</a></footer></blockquote>

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Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 04:49:52 JST Cory Doctorow
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Saudi law prohibits criticism of the royal family; when foreigners help Saudi women's rights activists evade these prohibitions, we violate Saudi sovereignty, but uphold human rights:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55467414
In other words, "sovereignty, yes; but human rights even moreso."
Which brings me back to the precipitating incidents for the *Locus* column: the arrest of billionaire Telegram owner Pavel Durov in France, and the blocking of billionaire Elon Musk's Twitter in Brazil.
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