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by Cthulhu_ 27 days ago
Sure, but the reality is that if it happens abroad there is no legal recourse. Laws are not global, but the internet is. The only real option there is to close the internet.

Or to elect me as god-emperor and unify the world under my rule.

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I'd already realised by about 2010 that the internet was making a mockery of national sovereignty; I absolutely expect nations to demand some way to effectively close the borders of the internet without breaking everything as it presently would.