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p-e-wyesterday at 11:01 AM2 repliesview on HN

All options that are in line with the organization’s mission.

The CEO of an organization like Mozilla even considering blocking adblockers for profit is like the president of Amnesty International considering to sell lists of dissidents to the secret police.


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darkwateryesterday at 11:25 AM

> The CEO of an organization like Mozilla even considering blocking adblockers for profit is like the president of Amnesty International considering to sell lists of dissidents to the secret police.

No, for Amnesty International it would be more like not considering somebody a political prisoner because the country that took the prisoner is a 1st world country and they don't want to expose themselves on a matter that would risk the donations from a certain population.

Yes, that happened in the aftermath of the Catalan attempt at peaceful independence in October 2017 by Amnesty International Spain.

mystralineyesterday at 11:35 AM

But the secret police said they would "real good care" of those dissidents, while sliding double the money initially offered.