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2026-05-03 19:20 UTC

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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@FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2026-05-03 19:32

> They aren’t doing business in Utah. People in Utah are doing business with them. In the law, those are mutually exclusive. If either end of the transaction is in Utah, it is under Utah jurisdiction. >I don’t have any way to prevent access to my site based on what laws you’re subject to. If you're hosting an online business [you do have the ability to block users based on location.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo-blocking) >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. I would advise not running an online business then, because the law around jurisdiction and the Internet is well settled.

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