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They could allow a NGO/consortium in each country to do the moderation. No reason it has to be done centralized by Americans, based on American values.



> No reason it has to be done centralized by Americans, based on American values.

So let's handle moderation in... let's say Saudi-Arabia, by having them silence LGBT and women's rights advocates?

And who is responsible for Saudi-Arabian citizens in exile? Saudi-Arabia? The country where they live in? The country where they are currently on vacation?


This is one of those "only winning move is not to play the game" situations; if you're marketing a product - almost any product - into a repressive regime it'll end up being associated with repressive acts.

Hence the boycott of South Africa.

There was a brief window in which Twitter was allowed to spread dissent pretty freely in the Arab world. I've no idea what that looks like now.




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