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All American companies operating in China, including all telecom companies, Apple, etc. are handing over all Chinese user info to the Chinese government. As much as I think that's horrible, there are no laws in the US objecting to any of that.
There is a moral difference between providing information requested by government that already exists in the systems, and creating tools to assist in censoring information. I would feel the same way if Google were to develop an additional surveillance tools in their products, such as e.g. recording all audio calls and/or giving government ability to remotely listen to smartphone's microphone. edit: grammar
Morals are personal values, so you should say "there is a moral difference for me between..."
> I would feel the same way if Google were to develop an additional surveillance tools in their products, such as e.g. recording all audio calls and/or giving government ability to remotely listen to smartphone's microphone.
What if the government mandated Google to do so, would you feel the same way?
The Chinese government mandated that Apple handed over all user data to it, and built all the backdoors to give the government access to it (stored by a government-controlled company). Is that different?