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This is false. You of course can regulate and fine a foreign business. That's how trade regulations work. The UK isn't going to get a cent from that but the le
by okanat 7mo ago
This is false. You of course can regulate and fine a foreign business. That's how trade regulations work.
The UK isn't going to get a cent from that but the leadership is banned from entering the UK for the foreseeable future.
Doing this a lot as a country is how you achieve pariah status and losing a bunch of trade, though.
- chrisjj 7mo ago> the leadership is banned from entering the UK for the foreseeable future Not at all. But if they do enter, they might find difficulty leaving.
- poizan42 7mo agoThey haven't pierced the corporate veil as far as I can tell - it's not moot or any other executives that have been personally fined. Also as far as I'm aware the UK doesn't have debtors jail.
- chrisjj 7mo agoOn the contrary. Online Safety Act breaches can carry personal liability and up to 2yrs jail.
- chmod775 7mo agomoot doesn't own or run 4chan anymore. The current owner and admin is Japanese, residing in Paris at this time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Nishimura https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Nishimura
- wat10000 7mo agoTrade regulations apply to the importer, which might also be the exporter if they have a local presence, but also may not be. If I buy something illegal off of AliExpress, the US government won't and can't do squat to the seller. If they decide to enforce the law, they'll go after me.
- ilovecake1984 7mo agoNot really. Nowhere else in the world is free speech absolutist. US is extremist and out of step with the civilised world.