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Re:Beginning 1 September, we will need to geoblock Mississip... by protocolture on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @11:09PM (#45047928)
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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Re:Beginning 1 September, we will need to geoblock Mississip... by ethbr1 on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @11:21PM (#45048010)
"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.

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Re:Beginning 1 September, we will need to geoblock Mississip... by IgorPartola on Thursday August 28, 2025 @01:27AM (#45048723)
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.
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