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by ericmay 3 hours ago
Yes he does. They could ignore the US government, but will likely quickly find themselves in court fighting a fight that they are likely to lose and isn’t worth fighting anyway.
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Not just in court. The Trump admin would have no problem dragging them in off the street. You can now get a 50 year terrorism sentence for punishing zines - I imagine flagrantly granting access to unapproved parties would be treated similarly.
You are not wrong but I would also consider that it's relative easier to sentence someone who is nobody than someone famous in that regard.