Post #2389907
2026-05-03 19:49 UTC
The same reason that sites like Anna’s Archive and The Pirate Bay exist.
State and Federal laws don’t apply to other countries without an explicit treaty or agreement where a country agrees to enforce those laws on behalf of the other.
Utah could issue fines for a foreign company but they would have no way to collect because the company doesn’t own any assets in any location that would be required to follow a court order to seize their assets.
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@MalReynolds@piefed.social 2026-05-04 02:36
So, what you’re saying is this law will encourage setting up shop somewhere without reciprocal agreements, which will encourage countries to lapse said agreements, weakening US soft power yet more. Sounds like a win. Shame so many of the world’s governments have a hard on for de-anonymizing the internet though.