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> Or are you assuming a state court can't fine a social network? Social network: ok, we are blocking users from that jurisdiction from being able to access our
by filoleg 4y ago
> Or are you assuming a state court can't fine a social network?
Social network: ok, we are blocking users from that jurisdiction from being able to access our product to comply with recently instated state legislation, please don't use a VPN to do so wink wink.
Plenty of people (yes, even those who aren't the most technologically advanced average users) have been using VPNs for a similar purpose to access Netflix shows available in other regions since a long time ago, so I can easily imagine people doing the same to access TikTok.
See the existing "you gotta be 13 or older to create an account" registration requirement on many platforms, which exists to comply with the law. Sure, it is enforceable in a sense that the government can go after any company that explicitly allows kids under 13 to register and flaunts this law. But it is utterly unenforceable in practice, because what is the government gonna do about kids lying about their age when creating an account? Nothing, aside from legally mandating identity verification and linking it to every account you create. But that's not the route I would ever want the world to take, not even mentioning that there will be ways around that too anyway (and the potential side effects of such id-linking mandate would be much more disastrous than the original problem).
- colechristensen 4y agoYou're imagining that a social network would be willing to geofence off an entire state in order to not comply with a fairly straightforward to implement regulation. Doesn't sound like something which would be honoring the fiduciary duty to investors required by leadership, leaving all that money on the table, or something that wouldn't be worth the calculus of cutting off an entire state to avoid losing a portion of revenue for part of the population.
- filoleg 4y ago> You're imagining that a social network would be willing to geofence off an entire state in order to not comply with a fairly straightforward to implement regulation. I mean, the company can comply, and users can go around those restrictions by lying to the company. Whether the company decides to geofence or comply, it doesn't affect how enforceable this specific law would be at all. Users can go around it with equal ease in either case (as long as real identity verification for online accounts doesn't enter the equation).