#Israel told #YouTube to stop streaming #AlJazeera in the country and #Google complied. Maybe they didn't want to, but they're a business who could easily be punished for not doing so.
But media is not like selling widgets. Info, opinions and art change societies. A diversity of journalism is required to do civics.
That's why it must be decentralized. Separate pieces become defensible in their own right, forcing censors to justify limiting access to individuals directly.