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>>ColinW+(OP)
ELI5: Why should a US-based site, hosted on US soil and run by a US citizen, care about laws in all the hundreds of other random countries located thousands of miles away?

>>do_not+A5
Because they can be arrested and extradited to UK. Not a high chance, but not zero. And a realistic one is to be arrested while traveling in Europe and extradited to UK.

>>Adrian+36
Are there any previous cases of the UK intercepting and arresting a US citizen traveling through Europe for something that isn't a crime in the US?

>>do_not+W8
There are no documented cases of the UK intercepting and arresting a US citizen traveling through Europe for an act that is not a crime in the United States.

Extradition treaties, such as the UK–US Extradition Treaty of 2003, allow for extradition requests between the two countries.

They generally require that the alleged offense be a crime in both jurisdictions ("dual criminality") which ensures that individuals are not extradited for actions that are not considered crimes in their home country.