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law The Hippocratic License: A new software license that prohibits uses that contravene the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights Cory Doctorow

twitter Twitter bans more psyops accounts: China, UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Ecuador Xeni Jardin

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