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Beginning 1 September, we will need to geoblock Mississippi IPs

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295 points AndrewDucker | 3 comments | 27 Aug 25 20:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.421s | 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. protocolture ◴[28 Aug 25 03:09 UTC] No.45047928[source]▶
Its things like this that make me want the internet excluded from all legal systems as extra territorial. There should be no laws governing the internet. Almost uniformly they are stupid. The most success law enforcement gets out of capturing pedos is setting up honeytraps anyway.
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2. ethbr1 ◴[28 Aug 25 03:21 UTC] No.45048010[source]▶
"When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults."

Welcome back to the 90s and the PGP, Clipper chip, warez, and DeCSS days.

At some point, they will have outlawed enough things that most people want, that most people will become outlaws.

3. IgorPartola ◴[28 Aug 25 05:27 UTC] No.45048723[source]▶
I would argue privacy laws are good. But I do think laws that apply to the internet in the US should only come at a federal level. That would help with uniformity.