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> Because laws in this area are often vague, I can see that dragonfly would apply varying levels of censorships

It doesn't follow to me. The reverse actually. 'laws in this area are often vague' for a reason - so that You Can't Do That becomes not a judicial matter with precise as possible definition, but a matter of personal feeling. Then the rulers can come down hard on whoever just because they didn't like something.

That's more likely to pressure companies into being on the conservative side of things; censoring a little more rather than a litte less. And google's in it for the money in a big, rich market.



That's definitely the intend of having vague laws. But whether Google is in it or not doesn't change that


> ... doesn't change that

Doesn't change what? The vagueness of the laws? Whether google's in it or not? I'm sorry, I don't understand your point.




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