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Re:Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts at Chi... by moksly on Saturday June 13, 2020 @04:15AM (#23507801)
We have international human rights, we could enforce companies to follow those guidelines everywhere if they want to do business on our own countries.

Fact is that the US government puts money over the very human rights it’s supposed to believe in. The US isn’t alone in this of course, but it’s where the majority of international human rights infringement companies reside.

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Re:Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts at Chi... by TheSpiceIsLife on Saturday June 13, 2020 @04:22AM (#23507835)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/ind...

Yeah, it’s only as good as the local laws and their enforcement.

Something to strive for though.

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Re:Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts at Chi... by humanrebar on Saturday June 13, 2020 @12:05PM (#23510385)
Human rights don't need enforcement to exist. Part of the point of clarifying rights is clarifying wrongs when that happens.

In other words, rights come from human dignity and inherent value. They do not spring into being by fiat from rulers and politicians.

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Re:Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts at Chi... by cameronbrown on Saturday June 13, 2020 @11:34AM (#23510144)
> Fact is that the US government puts money over the very human rights it’s supposed to believe in

Big ol' citation needed.

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