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Re:Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences... by haritha-j on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @09:30AM (#48207427)
Some people I know from Saudi Arabia refer to it as Saudi, so maybe thats the better word? I've never heard anyone call it Arabia.
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Re:Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences... by marcosdumay on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @10:33AM (#48208541)
"Arabia" is the name of the entire peninsula. There's half a dozen countries there.
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Re:Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences... by xinu2020 on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @09:40AM (#48207609)
KSA works too and matches UAE pattern.
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Re:Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences... by caymanjim on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @10:21AM (#48208333)
KSA is never used in US media. No one here would know what it meant.
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Re:Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences... by malfist on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @11:26AM (#48209331)
I know what it means and I'm in the US.
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Re:Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences... by reaperducer on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @11:16AM (#48209195)
No one here would know what it meant.

Unless they collect stamps.

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Re:Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences... by embedding-shape on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @12:23PM (#48210203)
I'm sure almost no one watching US media knows what "human rights" or "asm.js" is, yet we allowed them in HN titles still.
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Re:Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences... by nish__ on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @11:58AM (#48209855)
Yes. Say Saudi.
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Re:Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences... by graemep on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @01:53PM (#48211477)
I have heard lots of people who refer to it as Saudi and that would be a reasonable way to do it IMO.
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