States are generally set up in such a way that it's very difficult/impossible to harm the authorities without also also harming a lot of other people. Personal

States are generally set up in such a way that it's very difficult/impossible to harm the authorities without also also harming a lot of other people. Personally, I think Google is in an awkward position here. The Wikipedia can take a solid and principled stance because it has clear and transparent policy on what it censors (basically anything original, not NPOV, and not of general interest). The Wikipedia can do this, because it's edited by humans, and while humans are pretty bad at agreeing at these things, they're way better at it than computers. Basically, Google wants to filter its results, but if it doesn't let the Chinese government control the filter in China, it runs the risk of appearing to be western propaganda.