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> If you enter America, there may also be consequences That isn't much different. Say an adult American drinks alcohol in America; then they travel to a countr
by jolmg 1y ago
> If you enter America, there may also be consequences
That isn't much different. Say an adult American drinks alcohol in America; then they travel to a country where alcohol is illegal. Should they be prosecuted in that country for having drank in America?
- pclmulqdq 1y ago> That isn't much different There's a world of difference here. Ofcom is claiming to be able to shut down an American website for content generated in America, stored in America, and shown only to Americans. There are no UK citizens in this chain at all. This sets up Ofcom as having global censorship authority even over content seen elsewhere. > Should they be prosecuted in that country for having drank in America? In my opinion, no, but some countries are hardasses about this. If you want to do things that are illegal in certain places, you should not plan on traveling to those places. Usually, they will just refuse you entry but you kind of do put yourself at their mercy if you touch their soil. This is how the world works.
- School-Cotton 1y agoDunno about “should”, but they certainly can be.
- ricudis 1y agoSingapore does exactly that, and they explicitly warn outbound Singaporean travelers that any drug use outside Singapore will be prosecuted as if it has happened in Singapore.
- jolmg 1y agoIf it's just the outbound Singaporeans, that would be different because they'd at least have the citizenship to claim jurisdiction on.
- ricudis 1y agoThey're warning everybody, not just Singaporeans. It's just that Singaporeans are the most likely to go travel abroad, have some fun, and then come back like nothing has happened. But if somebody inbound gets caught in a random drug test at the airport (they do that), he's going to be prosecuted just the same no matter their citizenship. There were several (in-)famous examples of this happening.
- account42 1y agoA positive drug test at the border is quite different from being prosecuted for taking drugs in another country.