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The jurisdiction where content is hosted has the legal ability to remove it. A multinational company with a presence in a jurisdiction can also be ordered to pr
by Zak 2y ago
The jurisdiction where content is hosted has the legal ability to remove it. A multinational company with a presence in a jurisdiction can also be ordered to prevent access within that jurisdiction to content it hosts elsewhere to the best of its ability.
That does create a dilemma for a country that wants to prevent its citizens from accessing content hosted by a company without a presence there. Their only real option is a great firewall of X.
- vkou 2y ago> That does create a dilemma for a country that wants to prevent its citizens from accessing content hosted by a company without a presence there. Their only real option is a great firewall of X. Which is fine. If I have no business relationship with anyone in country X, if I am not present in country X, I do not intend to ever travel to country X, and I am not hosting my stuff in country X, I don't give two figs about their laws. They are free to block me if they want, with whatever mechanism (fine-tuned, or crude) they want - but I'm not responsible for my http server responding to GET and POST requests from their country (Unless my country has embargoed them), just like an author is not responsible for a citizen of X reading their books (That are banned in X.) This is just basic state sovereignty stuff.