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Beginning 1 September, we will need to geoblock Mississippi IPs

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295 points AndrewDucker | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 20:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | 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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trymas ◴[28 Aug 25 06:38 UTC] No.45049135[source]▶
If you have a restaurant in Italy and some 18 year old from Mississippi orders a glass of wine - you can happily and lawfully serve it.

You don’t need to know all the laws of Mississippi to serve such customer, or any laws from anywhere else other than Italy.

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dudefeliciano ◴[28 Aug 25 06:59 UTC] No.45049272[source]▶
how would US jurisdiction be able to affect an Italian website that does not require ID for Missisipi residents?
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1. silverliver ◴[28 Aug 25 07:25 UTC] No.45049430[source]▶
It wouldn't unless the US is willing to justify having their domestic companies fall under the jurisdiction of other countries. Geopolitical reciprocity is still alive an well as the US is starting to find out.