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1. Richard Stallman (rms@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Friday, 01-Dec-2023 23:53:04 JST Richard Stallman

   [1/2] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/28/techscape-binance-changpen-zhao

   Binance and its CEO pled guilty to disregarding financial rules, such that money was sent to Iran and Syria, to ransomeware, and various other criminals. However, the large fine will not necessarily make this change. At the very least, Binance (and each of its divisions even if sold to some other company) should be required to have an independent compliance monitor forever, and these monitors should be …

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   • teknomunk (teknomunk@apogee.polaris-1.work)'s status on Friday, 01-Dec-2023 23:57:20 JST teknomunk

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     So, people should demand the freedom to use and modify their software, so long as that software doesn't deal with money?