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0 pointsascorbic6d ago0 comments

The US arrested and imprisoned the bosses of multiple UK-based gambling sites that were not only legal in the UK – they were listed on the London Stock Exchange.

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petcat6d ago

"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.

jen206d 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.

egorfine6d ago

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

egorfine6d ago

As we can clearly see from the comment section here, Americans absolutely non-ironically believe their law applies to anyone they have business with.

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petcat6d ago

"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.

jen206d 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.

egorfine6d ago

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

egorfine6d ago

As we can clearly see from the comment section here, Americans absolutely non-ironically believe their law applies to anyone they have business with.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse