What's the slippery slope here? According to the article:
> if [Google] accedes to the Chinese government’s demands, it will make it easier for others to do so, and will also embolden other totalitarian states to ask for their own custom censorship services from Google and other tech giants.
I think this is all premised on the belief that American corporations somehow have the moral obligation (and right) to change the way things in a different country work.
China has its own functioning tech ecosystem, so entrant companies need to play by its rules if they want to make a profit there. Period.
Even if I appreciate Western morality, I don't see reasons for outrage or bemoaning slippery slopes.
> if [Google] accedes to the Chinese government’s demands, it will make it easier for others to do so, and will also embolden other totalitarian states to ask for their own custom censorship services from Google and other tech giants.
I think this is all premised on the belief that American corporations somehow have the moral obligation (and right) to change the way things in a different country work.
China has its own functioning tech ecosystem, so entrant companies need to play by its rules if they want to make a profit there. Period.
Even if I appreciate Western morality, I don't see reasons for outrage or bemoaning slippery slopes.