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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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