Just as data localization can be a way to improve human rights (keeping data out of the hands of another country's lawless spy agencies) or to erode them (keeping data within reach of your own country's lawless spy agencies), so can a requirement for local agents be a way to preserve the rule of law (establishing a conduit for legitimate takedowns) or a way to subvert it (giving the government hostages to use as leverage against companies who stick up for their users' rights).
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