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> This is why many websites just block European IP addresses entirely.

This is not sufficient. IP addresses do not have sovereign rights and only loosely correlate with the legal jurisdiction of the user behind the originating packet.

This is a world where, by connecting to the internet and exchanging packets, you are simultaneously liable for every law under every jurisdiction; it’s just a game of roulette which jurisdiction the packet you receive is coming from.

This doesn’t seem scalable, sustainable, or particularly good for human/civil rights.



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