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[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 58 points 23 hours ago (12 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 31 points 22 hours ago (5 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 28 points 22 hours ago (4 children)
[–] msprout@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Don't worry, I'm sure the Supreme Court will strike it down once it starts getting abused.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 13 points 21 hours ago

~/s~ here....think you dropped this

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