"Social media companies; stop letting random governments of the world hold you accountable for censorship. Put the onus on them, provide them the tools, and bla

"Social media companies; stop letting random governments of the world hold you accountable for censorship. Put the onus on them, provide them the tools, and blame them for their own failing strategy that they can't enforce." I mean, it seems like China does a pretty good (not perfect) job of censoring things. Not too long ago[1] Cisco (IIRC) and other companies were taking heat because they were providing China with tools that could be used for the "Great Firewall." Now we want to make it self-service... The kick in the teeth about letting other countries censor / require censorship by U.S.-based companies is that we have been told over and over again that free trade and globalism was going to lead to a freer society. Basically - full steam ahead on capitalism and trading with oppressive regimes, we'll have a good influence on them and wear down censorship, etc. The opposite has happened. U.S.-based companies have become reliant on trade with those regimes to the point that they'll generally bow to censorship instead of pushing human rights. (I'm very well aware that "American culture standards" are deeply imperfect, particularly as implemented by Facebook, et al. I'm not in favor of bowing to the most puritanical and hypocritical forces in the U.S., either...) [1] https://archive.is/1ube2 https://archive.is/1ube2