If platforms care about free expression they would not have a formal presence in authoritarian countries. The best way to protect your users is to operate exclusively within US jurisdiction and let subjugated peoples have accounts. Jurisdictional arbitrage works. So does tor.
> The best way to protect your users is to operate exclusively within US jurisdiction
Well, no. If you want to protect your users, don't keep servers/data/legal entities in countries where the government can order you to wiretap your own services and also serve you with a gag order.
So no, the US isn't a great place for people who value free expression.
The US in the 1st amendment has one of the strongest regimes for protecting expression in the world. In this case I'm only considering activity that is intentionally public and published so surveillance isn't considered. Privacy is orthogonal.
> The US in the 1st amendment has one of the strongest regimes for protecting expression in the world
Sure, but there are plenty of other countries that has "one of the strongest regimes for protecting expression in the world" also, but also doesn't have gag orders, so I'm fairly sure what country I wouldn't host a service like that in.
You yourself said "one of the strongest regimes", so since you didn't say "#1", I'm sure there are other countries in that list of yours. Want to share three of those other ones you were thinking about?
