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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: 0.221s | 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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Hamuko ◴[27 Aug 25 21:23 UTC] No.45045462[source]▶
Check your local laws and make sure never to travel outside your current state.
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bee_rider ◴[27 Aug 25 21:34 UTC] No.45045573[source]▶
States should come together with their neighboring states to start passing identical model legislation for this sort of stuff, if we don’t have unity across the country. It could be easy and voluntary for the states to do.

The US doesn’t have 50 different cultures with totally different values, but probably has like… 7.

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1. asa400 ◴[28 Aug 25 02:25 UTC] No.45047643[source]▶
> The US doesn’t have 50 different cultures with totally different values...

Indeed. It has far more than that. The US is astonishingly diverse.

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2. closewith ◴[28 Aug 25 09:05 UTC] No.45050020[source]▶
The US is astonishingly homogenous for its size and population. I'm not sure what possible metric you could use to claim otherwise?
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3. asa400 ◴[28 Aug 25 17:00 UTC] No.45054464[source]▶
Ever spent any time in Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, San Jose, Casper, Traverse City, Nashville, New York, Buffalo, New Orleans, Cortez, Lubbock, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Jackson, Boston, Seattle?

In your mind, are these all filled with people who look the same, sound the same, practice the same religion, immigrated from the same place?

4. tptacek ◴[28 Aug 25 20:06 UTC] No.45056471[source]▶
Instead of just relying on your intuition, you can just look this up, because it's a well-studied question. One simple search is for "fractionalization". If you'd like me to save you the trouble, then, with respect to your claim here: no.