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>>ANewbu+(OP)
How do you "pull out" of the UK if you are not a UK company, you are a US company, hosted in the US, and proxied by Fastly. There's nothing to do? You do not need to abide by UK laws, even if your website is accessible from there.

>>sammy2+xd
The UK government does not care. The law applies no matter where you are hosted, where you are incorporated or who is proxiying you.

>You do not need to abide by UK laws, even if your website is accessible from there.

The UK government does not agree.

>>consta+xe
I suppose in their defense, culturally, the UK hasn't respected many borders apart from their own so this really isn't anything new.

Zing aside, I'd be thrilled to see whatever prosecutor or litigator or whatever they call them over there bring a case against a US based company for hosting content in the US, geoblocking the UK, a UK resident using a VPN to bypass that block, and making the case that that is somehow the US company's fault.

>>Toucan+tf
The UK also is trying the same stunt against 4Chan.

The article is from a month ago, but the gears of "justice" rotate slowly: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyjq40vjl7o

One thing to note is that UK government officials also seem to be masquerading and submitting reports to try to ToS these websites.

>>mystra+qg
The response from 4chan's lawyers sums it up:

American citizens do not surrender our constitutional rights just because Ofcom sends us an e-mail