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by scarface_74 357 days ago
The problem is that the internet is international and laws are national or even by state.

There are 24 states that require ID to view porn sites. The laws are being completely ignored by popular websites that are not based in the US.
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brookst 356 days ago
Yep. And plenty of US sites ignore international laws about slandering Mohammad, and so on.

I’m not sure the lack of a global hegemony is a “problem”.

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scarface_74 356 days ago
And another reason you don’t want laws governing the internet is that politicians are dumb. As soon as I heard about the laws I knew this was going to happen.

https://reason.com/2025/01/24/age-verification-laws-meet-vpn...

> ”Google searches for online tools like VPNs have surged in Florida after Pornhub, one of the world's largest adult websites, blocked access to users in the state," CBS News reported earlier this month. "Since the end of November, Google searches for VPNs have surged in the Florida, according to Google Trends. From the week of Dec. 22 - 28 to Dec. 29 - Jan. 4, searches nearly doubled. Since then, the numbers have gone even higher."

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JumpCrisscross 356 days ago
> The problem is that the internet is international and laws are national or even by state

How is the this a problem for ISPs coöperating with law enforcement?

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