> Regarding the censorship, obviously the laws apply inside Chinese territory. France is not China so the laws do not apply. This is exactly my point! EU laws

> Regarding the censorship, obviously the laws apply inside Chinese territory. France is not China so the laws do not apply. This is exactly my point! EU laws apply within the EU. The US is not the EU, so EU laws do not apply. > Again, IANAL and this is just my superficial impression. Fair enough, I see your position now, thank you for explaining. I think it's a pretty terrible precedent to try and enforce laws from the visitor's country on to the hosting providers country though. It's not that far-fetched to think some countries with poor human rights records could post some laws that would work the same way you describe, and I don't think you would want them upheld. The only thing that makes sense to me is enforcing laws for users within their own borders, and same for hosts. If the EU doesn't like something outside of their control, they should setup the Great European Firewall.