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Re:Malaysia started mandating ISPs to redirect DNS queries t... by anal_reactor on Saturday September 07, 2024 @04:05AM (#41472324)
It's because the US is so powerful they can take down any controversial website. See how literally all services with more than 10 users say in their terms of service "we don't want anything that might violate US law".
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Re:Malaysia started mandating ISPs to redirect DNS queries t... by HeatrayEnjoyer on Saturday September 07, 2024 @06:28AM (#41472975)
Isn't that just code for "don't post CSAM"?
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Re:Malaysia started mandating ISPs to redirect DNS queries t... by andai on Saturday September 07, 2024 @06:44AM (#41473064)
Is that also sites operated outside the US?
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Re:Malaysia started mandating ISPs to redirect DNS queries t... by diggan on Saturday September 07, 2024 @07:10AM (#41473195)
Obviously no, other websites follow the laws of their business entity/where servers are hosted usually. Not sure what parent is talking about.
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Re:Malaysia started mandating ISPs to redirect DNS queries t... by chgs on Saturday September 07, 2024 @09:23AM (#41473809)
US will use all manner of tools to extradite foreign citizens who have never been to the US because they broke US law.

Nobody has to worry about breaking Thai laws around defaming the King because Thailand isn’t a superpower with the ability to enforce its will beyond its borders.

Everyone has to be worried about breaking US law.

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Re:Malaysia started mandating ISPs to redirect DNS queries t... by diggan on Saturday September 07, 2024 @09:30AM (#41473845)
Except what you wrote only applies to countries with extradition treaties with the US (meaning the government in those countries have agreed that US law can apply in their country too).

Not every country has this, so no, not "everyone has to be worried about breaking US law".

Regarding Thailand specifically, they have a principle of "double criminality", so people are only extraditable if what they're accused of is a crime both in Thailand and the country they're being extradited to. So maybe not the best example.

Besides, other countries have extradition treaties with other countries than the US too, even non-super power ones.

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Re:Malaysia started mandating ISPs to redirect DNS queries t... by throwaway48476 on Saturday September 07, 2024 @11:36AM (#41474489)
Double criminality applies in every extradition case.
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