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If that actually works, that's terrifying. Do you know of examples of companies facing legal trouble despite geoblocking efforts?


Not companies, just small individuals who couldn’t afford the legal battle.


That shouldn't matter, I'm just curious if it would actually be sufficient legal grounds for a suit or if it would be dismissed immediately.


It is more than sufficient. The law doesn’t care about “Mississippi IPs”, the spirit of the law is if a person is accessing your website from Mississippi, you must verify their age, regardless of what path they are taking to reach it. Can’t verify where they are from? Then you just verify them anyway, you don’t get to just be lazy because you don’t know your user. If you don’t, there is a case that you are being negligent.


Is that just your opinion or is there case law supporting that?




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