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		petcat 27 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breach... "You’re taking bets from U.S. customers → you’re violating U.S. law" This is different than 4chan allowing UK viewers to access the website at all.

jen20 27 days ago | [–]

Why? It doesn't strike me as remotely different.

Country A has a law that says X is illegal, and tries to enforce it against companies in country B where X is legal.

Whether either case is reasonable is a different question, though.

egorfine 26 days ago | [–]

> You’re showing pictures to UK customers → you’re violating UK law

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