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"hostile" is too vague. The us is not supposed to be just "any government on earth" In order to arbitrarily declare someone to have transgressed post facto, th
by dnautics 5y ago
"hostile" is too vague. The us is not supposed to be just "any government on earth" In order to arbitrarily declare someone to have transgressed post facto, there had better be a declared state of war. Otherwise, the government should enumerate exactly what can and can't be said in the laws, and some fed tapping you on the shoulder and saying "don't do that" should not carry water unless that fed points to the specific provision of the law preventing it. Especially when the action is just presenting freely available information. Otherwise anyone who has made a freely available YouTube video on the Blockchain should ALSO have charges levied against them, starting with Grant Sanderson (who I love, btw).
- mytherin 5y agoThe sanctions imposed by the US government describe explicitly what is and isn’t allowed, and there is a very specific law mentioned in the article. Griffith was arrested and charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in November 2019 after he travelled to North Korea to give a talk on blockchain and crypto. None of this is post facto - he was warned what he was doing violated a law, did it anyway, and is now facing charges for violating that law.