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[โ€“] underisk@lemmy.ml 8 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Unless you're based in or have some kind of presence in those countries there's no reason to even ban them. Banning by geolocation isn't exactly trivial or reliable. Let them figure out a way to ban you instead.

[โ€“] other_cat@piefed.zip 5 points 13 hours ago

Hm well Britain did try to fine 4chan. Amusing conceptually but it does mean they're not above picking on website owners for not complying with their rules, regardless of where they are based.