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Beginning 1 September, we will need to geoblock Mississippi IPs

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295 points AndrewDucker | 4 comments | 27 Aug 25 20:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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andybak ◴[27 Aug 25 21:05 UTC] No.45045278[source]▶
Between this and the UK Online Safety Bill, how are people meant to keep track?

Launch a small website and commit a felony in 7 states and 13 countries.

I wouldn't have known about the Mississippi bill unless I'd read this. How are we have to know?

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1. bryant ◴[27 Aug 25 21:07 UTC] No.45045295[source]▶
Probably an area for Cloudflare to offer it as a service. Content type X, blocked in [locales]. Advertised as a liability mitigation.
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2. stuartjohnson12 ◴[27 Aug 25 21:30 UTC] No.45045538[source]▶
Closely followed by the BETTERID act in response to sites using substandard identity providers, a set of stringent compliance requirements to ensure the compliant collection and storage of verification documentation requiring annual certification by an approved auditing agency who must provide evidence of controls in place to ensure [...]

Regulatory capture in real time!

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3. gruez ◴[27 Aug 25 22:58 UTC] No.45046352[source]▶
>Regulatory capture in real time!

What would you have preferred? Of course you'd prefer if the law never existed in the first place, but I don't see having a third party auditor verify compliance is any worse than say, letting the government audit it. We don't think it's "regulatory capture" to let private firms audit companies' books, for instance.

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4. sterlind ◴[28 Aug 25 00:33 UTC] No.45046978{3}[source]▶
it's regulatory capture if there's an oligopoly of audit firms.

it's regulatory capture if a cartel of ID verification companies are lobbying for specific requirements that lock out upstart competitors.