Politically, it would be easier to enact a policy requiring complete openness about all research, rather than to ban it.
Such a policy would have the side effect of also slowing research progress, since corporations and governments rely on secrecy to gain advantages.
They rely on secrecy to gain relative advantages, but absolutely speaking, openness increases research speed; it increases the amount of technical information available to every actor.
Politically, it would be easier to enact a policy requiring complete openness about all research, rather than to ban it.
Such a policy would have the side effect of also slowing research progress, since corporations and governments rely on secrecy to gain advantages.
They rely on secrecy to gain relative advantages, but absolutely speaking, openness increases research speed; it increases the amount of technical information available to every actor.