Post #2389909
2026-05-03 18:34 UTC
Replies (4)
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@panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2026-05-03 19:38
Then why won’t the US let other countries do digital services taxes. They can’t have it both ways.
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@jaybone@lemmy.zip 2026-05-03 19:22
Can’t they argue they “did business with” someone in whatever jurisdiction the VPN IP address is located? And then the Utah resident moved whatever digital goods or content from that location into Utah? So it’s the Utah resident who brought the contraband into Utah, not the website?
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@underisk@lemmy.ml 2026-05-03 19:20
If someone comes from Utah to my state and then I break one of Utah's laws against them, does that mean I'm subject to Utah's laws? They aren't doing business in Utah. People in Utah are doing business with them. I don't have any way to prevent access to my site based on what laws you're subject to. Nor do I have any desire to learn 52 states worth of individual laws that may or may not apply to me. I didn't wire your computer up to the internet, you did that.
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@CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2026-05-04 14:39
Utah can charge me with whatever the fuck they want. If I'm not in Utah or doing business with Utah and ignore them what are they doing to do about it? If China decides my posts are a crime because one of their citizens might see it I am in no way obligated to go to China to defend myself or pay their fines.