@Gargron

I want to step in and point out that there’s a lot of misinformation circulating.

Some people have been incorrectly claiming that if one country passes a certain law, then everyone — everywhere — must comply with it.

That’s not how jurisdiction works.

You’re responsible for following the laws of your own country. Your government can’t impose its laws on the entire world, and neither can any other government.

For example, if Russia suddenly requires that anyone signing up for a website must pay $5 and submit a DNA sample — but your site, and you are based in France — you’re under no obligation to comply. Russia can make whatever demands it wants, but you’re not Russian, and it’s not your responsibility to enforce their laws.

@Linux

What is particularly troubling about #Bluesky is their aggressive policy of obeying in advance all laws from any jurisdiction. They banned Turkish dissidents under this rationale, and are now preemptively doing UK ID verification. It makes one think these reasons are pretextual, or at the very least cowardly.

@mastodonmigration

Blue Sky is a corporation trying to please its shareholders.

I also don’t know where Blue Sky’s offices are. If they’re registered in a particular country, then they’re subject to that country’s jurisdiction.

But if you're running a forum or a Fediverse site, and neither you nor your server is located there, you can tell them to go to hell — because it’s not your problem.

@Linux @mastodonmigration The act applies extras territorially. So please be careful if you run a Mastodon server with UK users and have anyone involved in your team that is personally subject to UK jurisdiction.

Edit: Removed "not true" after re-reading your post.

@trashpanda @mastodonmigration

They can word it anyway they want, but they cannot enforce their laws on every nation on the planet and every citizen everywhere.

That is not how the world works.

If it did, we'd all be in deep trouble with Russia, China, and the United States dictating terms to everyone on earth.

Thankfully, it does not work that way.

@Linux @trashpanda @mastodonmigration
Australian hacker was charged with crimes in USA.
Was arrested in Australia and extradited to the USA.

Some countries will arrest and extradite their citizens under international agreements.

USA will seek to extradite (remember Julian Assange?) foreign citizens while not extraditing (except accidentally as ICE is doing) it's own citizens.

@skua @trashpanda @mastodonmigration

I feel like you're reaching.

Wiki Leaks, was leaking state secrets. They became an international skeptical and yes, America made a deal with Australia.

That does not mean you need to comply with the laws of every foreign country, and that every foreign country can make laws that apply to everyone on earth.