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Microsoft and Google may have to surrender people's data to Saudi Arabia after signing huge deals there (www.businessinsider.com)
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Microsoft and Google may have to surrender people's data to Saudi Arabia after signing huge deals there::Saudi Arabia is seeking to be an innovation hub, but activists are warning that tech firms could be complicit in the repression of dissidents.

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[–] query@lemmy.world 94 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not doing business in a country that is not your own is the easiest thing anyone can do.

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 70 points 1 year ago

but then how can the line go up??

[–] overzeetop@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

a country that is not your own

Well, the already own the US (or at least most of the congress); why not try and expand?