[summerlight]

Wait, are you suggesting that Google/YouTube is still accessible from China?

[marticode]

He is saying that Google could have kept operating in China if they had agreed to follow local (but Orwellian) regulations.

[summerlight]

No, Google pulled its business from China because of massive state-level hacking attempts, not because of fighting for freedom or doing the right thing or whatever that sounds cool. Or do you think fighting against millions of state-backed hackers is a part of following local regulation?

[sudosysgen]

Did Google pull out of the US when the NSA and friends hacked into their employees and ultimately forced them to give full access?

[enitihas]

Google didn't pull it's business from the USA after PRISM, so I guess strengthening their networks against state-backed hackers is already part and parcel of their business.