Well yeah Netflix does business in Saudi Arabia so they have to follow the local laws. I honestly don't get why this is so shocking?
What is the alternative- the internet is ruled by US laws? No way in hell would I sign up for that.
What is the alternative- the internet is ruled by US laws? No way in hell would I sign up for that.
> What is the alternative- the internet is ruled by US laws
Your notions of national sovereignty and individual freedom are so terrible, I don’t know if I should even respond.
Individual sovereignty supersedes governmental authority in a civil-libertarian moral-political framework. No government has any sort of moral right to be violent against a person for speech.
And the concept of national sovereignty is a farce. Countries like China and SA are not even democracies, so by respecting their “sovereignty” you’re respecting the minorities in power over those countries.
But even democracies have absolutely no right to claim sovereignty — having 60% of a country’s vote will never legitimize erasing fundamental human freedoms. (Or else everything the NSDAP did would be morally A-OK.)
A general moral operating principle to apply when analyzing political issues is the “zero aggression principle”: https://www.zeroaggressionproject.org
- remove the content - face legal repercussions (likely ending in not being able to do business in SA or being forced to do the first option)
SA can enforce its will through military force, and that's about the most practical claim to sovereignty you can get.
Also, is there a practical difference between the NAP and the ZAP?
no one is what i think they are getting at