There are numerous examples that have been given and I think all of them are disingenuous. Every single one of the examples harms people directly in some way. Burying a countries history intentionally is far different than censoring information that can harm people. Even under the 1st amendment we can actually get some of those examples. For example the media can publish classified but leaked material. The act of obtaining it without permission and releasing it to the public is illegal, but journalist are protected when reporting whistle blowing.
America is far from perfect, case in point the Red Scare, Japanese interment, civil rights atrocities. But that's not the issue. The issue is the tech companies specifically are forces that span the globe and those decisions and the ethical stances WILL and DO spill over into all societies they are apart of. Just look at oil companies, our desire for cheap oil and their desire for our money has driven wars, exploitation, corruption, etc.
It's easy for first world countries to ignore that because it happened else where, with tech companies though, those decisions leak into every country. Those policies are applied across the world. Apple's and other tech giants' stances on following the law regardless of morals and rights is applied everywhere. If that same law was here, they'd do it here.
That's the issue, not whether or not someone is putting medical information or classified information up for sale.
America is far from perfect, case in point the Red Scare, Japanese interment, civil rights atrocities. But that's not the issue. The issue is the tech companies specifically are forces that span the globe and those decisions and the ethical stances WILL and DO spill over into all societies they are apart of. Just look at oil companies, our desire for cheap oil and their desire for our money has driven wars, exploitation, corruption, etc.
It's easy for first world countries to ignore that because it happened else where, with tech companies though, those decisions leak into every country. Those policies are applied across the world. Apple's and other tech giants' stances on following the law regardless of morals and rights is applied everywhere. If that same law was here, they'd do it here.
That's the issue, not whether or not someone is putting medical information or classified information up for sale.