@Neal -

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@TG, I dont see it as bull, there is nothing the US can do to stop others outside the US from interacting with the US over the internet.

Bullshit.

I can't stop you as a US person from deliberately circumventing such a constraint but the US Government can absolutely require blackballing of IP ranges based on nation of assignment AND that his already delineated by nation of delegation.

Oh, you scream, you have "RIGHTS!" Uh, not under the Constitution you don't unless you're a US citizen. Therefore if your ISP over there wants to be able to reach US persons they stop you from doing this or they get blackballed. Oh, you scream, we CAN'T do this?

Oh yes we can.

Yes we should.

And yes we MUST.

AOL proved WHY decades ago, when I was in the business. I discovered the little secret at a bar, in Vegas, when certain other people were there during a trade show we both attended. It surprised me as to exactly how that company made money, when you boiled it all down. It shouldn't have, but it did.

Was it stoppable in that regard inside the US? Probably not, given our Constitution. Fine. BUT -- when it comes to AI there is no such infirmity, and when the actor is outside the US the Constitution is no barrier.

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