Sovereignty exists. In most cases, it's good. In some, it's not. Obviously depends on your POV which is which. Either way, it exists and is to be respected unl

Sovereignty exists. In most cases, it's good. In some, it's not. Obviously depends on your POV which is which. Either way, it exists and is to be respected unless someone is willing to go to war for whatever issue is at hand. Americans (and their mouthpieces) do not get to be the world's defacto authority. > YouTube, a Google subsidiary, has a corporate responsibility to uphold freedom of expression as guided by the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, a global standard of “expected conduct for all business enterprises wherever they operate.” The UN, its delegates and its employees do not get to be the decider of everything. Every site should be in compliance with the local rules of whatever market they're taking/making money in. The new found 'anything goes' is an inherent limit of these SV companies and their desire to scale the planet at a fraction of the required cost. To this end, they ignored fully moderating as it costs money. Then they realised they would never make money if they had to fully and completely moderate everything. So they make a "best effort" attempt. They chose to ignore the fundamental requirements as it got in the way of their scaling. You want to be the world's omni-present town square? Better be sure you have the necessary resources in place and functioning well. The cost is theirs and theirs alone to bear. Boo-hoo if you can't become a billionaire off it.