Saudi Arabia on Friday ditched a system requiring adult women to receive a man's permission to cross the Saudi border. It was no thanks to big tech.
Saudi Arabia is reforming a law which required women to receive permission for a man to get a passport or cross a border. The system made it difficult for abused women to flee the country as refugees — a situation highlighted by INSIDER's reporting. When a backlash came, and Apple and Google were pressured to stop hosting the app which Saudi men used to grant and rescind travel permission, they did nothing.
Saudi Arabia is reforming a law which required women to receive permission for a man to get a passport or cross a border. The system made it difficult for abused women to flee the country as refugees — a situation highlighted by INSIDER's reporting. When a backlash came, and Apple and Google were pressured to stop hosting the app which Saudi men used to grant and rescind travel permission, they did nothing.
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