Who would have to be threatened so much to cancel this? Even if it is canceled it does not mean that those who were going still can't meet and discuss things.

'Oh its canceled, well shit.. guess we can't do ANYTHING now.'

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tbrownaw 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> Who would have to be threatened so much to cancel this?

What?

The government of the host country said some of the themes were potentially at odds with their national policy, and they weren't sure they liked some of the people involved.

That doesn't sound like anyone was threatened, it sounds like they should have picked somewhere with a stronger tradition of free dialogue.

	▲	anonymousiam 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		You said; "it sounds like they should have picked somewhere with a stronger tradition of free dialogue." Where would that be in today's world? Within the past decade, nearly every country in the world has overtly attacked digital freedoms. Can you name one country that has improved digital freedoms during the past decade? It seems to me that this conference should be held online only, and hosted from an undisclosed location.

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intended 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Most organizations don’t have the resources to let people travel without an actual event on the other end.

I could be wrong, but I suspect visas may be affected as well.

The organizers and attendees will try and coordinate something else. However, throwing something together on zoom, at such short notice is going to be a crap show.

The schedules wouldn’t survive unscathed, since speakers will start dropping out at this point.

If they do manage to get something together, they run the real risk of it being a rickety and frustrating event.