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Websites that don’t adhere to the laws of said government. If they don’t like it they can fight it in a court of law, not on twitter

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Except when it happens in China, people _generally_ get upset at the company.

When it's a company they hate, it seems people are more willing to look the other way.

It's not the company, it's the values being enforced. Everyone was fine with Apple getting an antitrust case and also that fight with the EU.

Generally, I believe that companies should never act against the laws of a country. If China orders a company to censor something, I'm mad at the government, not the company.

No, the same principle applies here. China can choose what they allow in their country.

it's not the case in Brazil, most issues requests to take down content are related to the usual nazi, pedo, violence threads and simple and plain lies proven by overwhelming contrary evidence , everything is open to discussion by the involved parties, no secret tribunal exist in brazil, like some us patriot act tribunals

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