Thanks for adding more context, but I think your framing of the motivation makes the situation far worse. "...That’s all there is to it." Regardless of motiva

Thanks for adding more context, but I think your framing of the motivation makes the situation far worse. "...That’s all there is to it." Regardless of motivation, bowing to authoritarian control is still bowing to authoritarian control. I would claim it's worse to censor ridiculing political figures out of politeness than out of profit seeking. Self censorship is one of the main methods by which authoritarian ideologies are maintained and spread. It's not secret police knocking on peoples doors. It's people thinking in their head "I want to remain polite...". I respect the intent to create forums for global collaboration. But this really is one of the areas where this is helping to spread the authoritarian ideology. Is the genocide in Xinjiang one of the impolite topics? What if China invades Taiwan, and the Taiwan war becomes one of the "impolite" topics for Chinese?