Another reason why far reaching demands for censorship from government officials are a very bad idea: You lose all the little leverage you had over countries li

Another reason why far reaching demands for censorship from government officials are a very bad idea: You lose all the little leverage you had over countries like China when you demand less censorship from them. They will just point at the statements and accuse you of hypocrisy. European politicians will be laughed out of the building when they come to China with demands of less censorship.