Strongly disagree. A fair, free, open internet is the core principal of the internet. If they're worried about data collection standards they could simply not collect data and provide a read-only version of the website to regions they're not invested in.
Denying the data, memory holes discussions, forum posts, etc.. it's extremely internet unhealthy.
But I respect that some companies might feel that they should only provide content to the region they're currently providing. But it's a terrible precedent.