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Beginning 1 September, we will need to geoblock Mississippi IPs

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295 points AndrewDucker | 2 comments | 27 Aug 25 20:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.526s | 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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zaptheimpaler ◴[27 Aug 25 21:12 UTC] No.45045350[source]▶
Any physical business has to deal with 100s of regulations too, it just means the same culture of making it extremely difficult and expensive to do anything at all is now coming to the online world as well, bit by bit.
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1. sixothree ◴[27 Aug 25 21:15 UTC] No.45045379[source]▶
Right. But if I open a physical business I only need to abide by the laws of that state. This is definitely an order of magnitude more regulation to deal with.

But yeah, this definitely sounds like a business opportunity for services or hosts.

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2. Towaway69 ◴[28 Aug 25 07:15 UTC] No.45049360[source]▶
> definitely sounds like a business opportunity for services or hosts.

Capitalism at its best. We have a definite problem with over-regulation and a judicial system that isn't coping nor keeping up. Capitalism, instead of fixing the problem, makes a business model out of it.

Capitalism: Why fix it when you can make money of it.