Re: Geofeeds are adversarial ??? was Re: Geofeeds are good

[Owen DeLong via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

That regulation doesn’t require you to know where the user is unless you are trying to avoid age verification for users 
not subject to their jurisdiction.

It’s also questionable, if you are outside their jurisdiction whether they can subject you to such extra-territorial 
overreach, but in the tRump/Putin/Shi world order, sovereignty and jurisdiction seem to be less relevant and rule of 
law may no longer matter as much in restricting government power, so all bets are off. 

Owen


> On Feb 16, 2026, at 06:09, Michael Greenup via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
>
> It is important to consider the extent to which US state government mandates influence the regulation of content 
> access. For instance, numerous states now require identity verification for viewers of adult content to confirm their 
> age. Many of these laws are formulated such that any viewer within the state's jurisdiction must be verified, 
> necessitating IP address-based geolocation to ensure compliance.
>
> Not saying I agree or disagree here, just laying out a regulated use case.
>
> YMMV.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael
>
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> Rich Kulawiec wrote:
> > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2026 at 10:25:56PM -0800, Owen DeLong via NANOG wrote:
> > > Personally, I???ve always thought that IP Geolocation was a bad idea
> > > and nothing I???ve seen in the usage of it to date has changed my mind.
> > > Agree.  We've spent decades trying to build a network that allows everyone
> > to access everything independent of geographical location, and now people
> > have come along with broken business models which demand that we abandon
> > this fundamental principle of the Internet in order to accomodate them.
> >
> > ---rsk
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