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[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 67 points 6 days ago (15 children)

As a past victim of GBoard I will not pile on to OP for their glaring typo. Instead, here's the quote from the Wikipedia article linked above

Osama Khalid (أسامة خالد), a Saudi Arabian former administrator of the Arabic Wikipedia, was sentenced to five years imprisonment in September 2020 for "swaying public opinion" and "violating public morals" by making edits "critical about the persecution of political activists in the country." Khalid's sentence was increased to 32 years in September 2022 as part of a campaign to lengthen the sentences of political detainees, according to Democracy for the Arab World Now and SMEX, a Lebanese non-governmental organization.

Ziyad al-Sofiani (زياد السفياني), also a former administrator of the Arabic Wikipedia, was likewise charged with "swaying public opinion" and "violating public morals" by making edits "critical about the persecution of political activists in the country." He was sentenced in September 2020 to eight years in prison and was released in March 2025.

[–] msprout@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago (8 children)

Countries thinking they can control the influence of the internet is just so fucking frustrating. Hopefully the US doesn't get the same idea.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 33 points 6 days ago (7 children)
[–] Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just the other day i was on a Canadian gov website looking for information and they linked to american research and the links where dead because the US took down the webpages

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There's a lesson for us Canadians in here somewhere, I can't quite put my finger on it...

[–] Schadrach 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Make archives of any important links you intend to reference, because you can't assume the link will be valid tomorrow?

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

That's a good start.

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