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> Canada is an interesting choice as a backup location for when the USA becomes unsuitable. Good for a World War III scenario. Less good for a "delete this [wi
by generationP 4y ago
> Canada is an interesting choice as a backup location for when the USA becomes unsuitable.
Good for a World War III scenario. Less good for a "delete this [wide class of information] or else" scenario, as there are now two governments to appease and the Canadian one is far less free-speech-friendly than the US one.
- welterde 4y agoNot sure free-speech-friendliness is really relevant here, since the most likely avenues of attack would be copyright or it being classified information. For both those things the US isn't exactly the best candidate either.
- generationP 4y agoI consider at least the latter to be part of free speech as well. Then there is privacy (the Wayback Machine is likely a C&D magnet here), pornography/obscenity (many places are stricter than the US) and "hate speech" (here the US is unbeaten). Besides that, having the data spread over two countries means being susceptible to both governments.