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I don’t know how this works: how can Mississippi compel Bluesky to pay these fines for breaking a state regulation if they’re not based in Mississippi?

• TheCleric 1y ago
  Because if they have users in Mississippi they are doing “interstate commerce” and a federal court has the ability and jurisdiction to compel them to pay those fines.
  • LadyCailin 1y ago
    Are users, who are not transacting with the platform, doing commerce? What if the platform were hosted in, say, Europe?
    • Spivak 1y ago
      If they're outside the country they can freely tell Mississippi to pound sand—the state might compel entities they do have jurisdiction over (i.e. ISPs) to cut them off but that's the extent of it.