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Re:U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s to... by C14L on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @04:02PM (#21196552)
> The US doesn't censor(?)

Any government will try to censor at some point. The difference is that Western countries have independent judicial branches with the power to stop the government from censoring.

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Re:U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s to... by gpm on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @04:15PM (#21196680)
This strikes me as a pretty meaningless statement. The judicial branch is part of the government, if they stop the government from censoring (or doing anything else) then the government doesn't censor (or do anything else).
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