Comment by antonyh
5 days ago
As a Brit/European, would I notice or care if fbi.gov was blocked via consumer internet providers? I'd probably not notice if *.gov was blocked. I'm fairly sure government-level internet provisioning has a very different set of restrictions to the general population for those who need access to US Gov services, in the same way that I'm sure the Chinese state itself isn't subject to the rules of the Great Firewall.
The fbi.gov example is more about whether INTERPOL or local police would care since it would hinder collaboration on international investigations.
You are correct that if they only blocked it for consumers, it would be less of an issue, though that would be difficult for mobile providers.