Yes they do and they have to, if they want to operate on this market. And if they do they accept disadvantages like censorship.
I don't think I like this quality in a search service.
I don't think I like this quality in a search service.
It's a quality you can dislike, but you'll be hard-pressed to find a search engine with anywhere near the same order of magnitude of quality that doesn't adhere to these rules also. DDG does. Yahoo does.
For a corporation, to refrain from working with the government is to be hounded by the government. That's semi-incompatible with providing services.
And would Google provide child pornography if mandated to do so?
I don't expect very much from a corporation trying to get into new markets. But I will still point my finger at them.