Another view is Western companies chartered in societies that believe in this kind of censorship shouldn't be carrying water for societies that do.
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I think this is a very ripe time to take on some of the hardest questions. It's not a crazy position to say that these companies should not be there at all - but that's not my view, and I think there are ways to begin drawing lines so that there are ways that the companies can make the world better by being there.
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