It&#x27;s an escape hatch.  If they block outright, then if they block outright and are wrong, a legitimate user cannot see content that they have a right to.  If they use a redirect, then a user - legitimate or illegitimate - can bypass that block, but they have to explicitly take action to.  Consequences are on them, then.<p>Remember that Google&#x27;s mission is to &quot;organize the world&#x27;s information and make it uniformly accessible and useful&quot;.  Their purpose is <i>not</i> to block the content at all - if it were up to only Google, they wouldn&#x27;t have <i>either</i> a block or a redirection, you&#x27;d just be able to access the content.  The country redirects are the result of a negotiation with the country, where Google says &quot;Okay, if we did this, would it be acceptable&quot; and the government says &quot;No, too permissive&quot; and then Google says &quot;Okay, what if we did this?&quot; and then finally the government says &quot;Alright.&quot;