

I’d say it’s also to be able to deliver their propaganda uncensored. If your people rely on satellite dishes from a company located in the US they can give you the finger if your courts tell them to take down or block links to atrocity propaganda. They can ignore legal requests to unmask users in your country violating the laws by spreading atrocity propaganda and color revolution rhetoric. Whereas if it’s local you can arrest people and send in technical experts to force the issue of blocking something or unmasking a person.
It’s a question of sovereignty.
While I can’t claim any personal experience here I know that it was slapped with a warning on the /r/piracy megathread years and years ago because of persistent issues with even skulled users uploading malware and nothing being done in a timely manner. This is really one of those areas where using a semi-private site like rutracker with real moderation or a private tracker or place that’s dedicated to software (and trusted due to staff checking of all submissions) primarily is safest because a big general tracker like TPB just doesn’t moderate for that stuff or have staff who actually check.