• Entropywins@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    If my server is in Europe and I am offering access to European citizens I should be allowed to follow United States laws because…

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      4 months ago

      You don’t allow access to people, the default is everyone can visit a site. Sites have to put extra effort into blocking people.

      • DigiDemiFiend@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        I can’t help replying to this.

        Depends on how you build the site, my dude. You can easily code it to block everyone and then putting in exceptions takes extra effort.

        How many more rakes do you want to step on?

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        3 months ago

        I cannot stress this enough. The EU isn’t trying to keep people from going to the site. They’re just saying if the people running the site Elon Musk knowingly use it to spread false information they will be legally liable.