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>>ANewbu+(OP)
There's an opportunity for a service like CloudFlare here give people a simple toggle that manages geoblocks on legal liability factors. It's way too much for every organisation to individually track every country's laws day by day in case just by being accessible there you incur a liability. And it sounds like the UK would have just self-selected out of the list of "safe" countries.

If something like this was in widespread use it would have much more impact since countries would see whole swathes of the internet immediately go dark when they make stupid laws.

>>zmmmmm+TI1
So a service like CloudFlare is the Great firewall of the world and CloudFlare can shut you down if you go against their interests as a supranational gatekeeper.

Smart thinking Batman.

>>ljm+mP1
> CloudFlare can shut you down if you go against their interests as a supranational gatekeeper

They already can.

> Smart thinking Batman.

“Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.”

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>>lurk2+DW1
“Be kind. Don't be snarky."

Sometimes I think you can ignore the "rules" a bit - they are really guidelines. Your parent was clearly expressing exasperation and engaging effectively and intelligently.