No, Google, you can't argue both sides of a situation apply to you

[robkelk]

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I do see the "slippery slope" problem, though, because some countries might try to drive a wedge into this hole to get other stuff completely off the internet (or at least off Google results) that their own country firewalls have proved to be somewhat porous against. This is something Google doesn't want to have happen, any other considerations aside, because the size of the resulting blacklist would be staggering.
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That ship has already sailed. (link is to an Irish story about a German case.) They don't have a choice in the matter...