I decided to stop donating to EFF and instead donate to the ACLU when the EFF decided its time was better spent on re-litigating apartheid[1].
[1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/eff-files-amicus-brief...
[1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/eff-files-amicus-brief...
In case you missed it, the legal practices in the US depend on previous court cases.
> U.S. corporations should not enjoy immunity for their purposeful assistance, technological or otherwise, in gross human rights violations (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/eff-files-amicus-brief...)
A positive ruling on this case, which presents to the courts not only a racist and violent but also a clearly stigmatized political system, would affect greatly how courts would behave towards companies collaborating with similar governments in the present time.
Furthermore, are you kidding me? IBM should be absolved of responsibility for aiding and abating severe human rights violations? Stop giving money to ACLU too, then. https://www.aclu.org/blog/racial-justice-human-rights/mandel...
You could dial back the snark a little here.
>Furthermore, are you kidding me? IBM should be absolved of responsibility for aiding and abating severe human rights violations?
I never said that. What I am saying is that there are other groups that would be better suited to take up this cause. Technologically minded people tend to be crappy socially and ethically.