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Re:Stripe clawed back pension contributions after staff cuts by dymk on Sunday January 15, 2023 @12:07PM (#34390951)
The default assumption on this USA based site run by a USA based company is "USA" unless otherwise stated.
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Re:Stripe clawed back pension contributions after staff cuts by michpoch on Sunday January 15, 2023 @12:12PM (#34390981)
Then it should be news.ycombinator.us

.com is an global domain.

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Re:Stripe clawed back pension contributions after staff cuts by catiopatio on Sunday January 15, 2023 @12:23PM (#34391083)
“[.com] was originally administered by the United States Department of Defense … and remains under ultimate jurisdiction of U.S. law“

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.com

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Re:Stripe clawed back pension contributions after staff cuts by gggggg5 on Sunday January 15, 2023 @12:27PM (#34391114)
That hardly seems relevant? Literally all TLDs are ultimately under US jurisdiction, given that the ICANN is under US jurisdiction.
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Re:Stripe clawed back pension contributions after staff cuts by catiopatio on Sunday January 15, 2023 @12:31PM (#34391152)
US government built it, a US company runs it, and US law applies to it.

It’s silly to complain that US companies and US-focused sites shouldn’t use it.

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Re:Stripe clawed back pension contributions after staff cuts by gggggg5 on Sunday January 15, 2023 @12:36PM (#34391207)
>US government built it, a US company runs it, and US law applies to it.

All also true of .ie and .fr and .eu and whatever other TLDs you might want to choose.

>It’s silly to complain that US companies and US-focused sites shouldn’t use it.

Nobody complained about that.

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