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Re:Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts i... by murphy1312 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @04:42AM (#25774244)
once suppose the polish politician says something that is not allowed in other countries, so for example facebook has to delete it. but in poland it must not be "censored". what should happen then? i think smaller companys will have start geo/ip blocking countries then. great.
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Re:Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts i... by trhway on Thursday January 14, 2021 @05:01AM (#25774456)
well, we're already there. For example according to the Ukranian laws the Crimea is a part of Ukraine and according to the Russian laws - part of Russia, and you really don't want to violate those very politically sensitive laws in either country, so:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/04/12/302337754...

"Google Maps Displays Crimean Border Differently In Russia, U.S."

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