Because they’re serving users in Florida, so they must abide by laws relating to servicing customers there.
sheridan@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Probably a dumb question, but if the website servers aren’t physically located in Florida, why must the websites follow Florida law?
JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
ramble81@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
I’d argue it’s on the state to figure that out (for better or worse). My site is on a globally connected network, if you don’t want your citizens doing something, you figure it out. It’s not my job.
HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
Well true, but look at the EU.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
They conduct business in Florida. Their customers aren’t porn watchers, but people who buy ad space. They could stop selling ads in Florida, but they won’t.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
the companies/sites itself can block the site from being acessed from florida though if they choose. yea if it accesible from florida, they have to follow the legislation there.
Revan343@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
yea if it accesible from florida, they have to follow the legislation there
Why?
utopiah@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
block the site from being acessed from florida though if they choose
How? I do not think we know of a reliable way, DNS blocking get bypassed by alternative DNS ( and ISP probably do not have per state DNSes) , IP blocking get bypassed via VPN, etc. They can say they did put in place something but it is like puttimg a fence without walls around, it is just symbolic.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
State prosecution argues if there’s access in Florida, the site must follow their laws. These sites need to georestrict access and should have done it the day law went into effect.
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
This is like me saying I have a bucket of guns that are illegal in your state but legal in mine. You come to my state and take the guns back to yours. Who broke the law?
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Good luck trying to find any rational in these legislations, there is none. I can still search for “sexy naked sex” and get thousands of explict image results from google in FL. The laws are not protecting kids, but they are embarrassing legal aged adults and putting sites that tried to cooperate out of business.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
SPEZ loves musk, so that makes sense.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Easier to target the few dozen major sources than the millions of users for now. But I agree wholeheartedly with the premise. They’re not setting up a shop in Florida. They’re in entirely different places around the world and Floridians are virtually knocking on their door and taking their digital packages with them back to Florida. Why would the onus be on the server to police the laws local to each client?
tyler@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Well that’s a really bad example you gave because gun laws explicitly cover that exact case federally. This is more like book banning. Books are banned in your state, not mine, you come and buy them here and take them back there.
Ageroth@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
Or fireworks. Many states have laws against selling fireworks to state residents, but all you need to do is cross a border or have an out of state license and you can buy them just fine.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
More like you see a request coming in from FL and you send them there
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Don’t request shit you aren’t allowed to have.
FenrirIII@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Pornhub blocked Texas day one