So the US continues to encourage businesses to operate elsewhere. Tired of winning yet?
That argument only works if there are significant markets where a country could choose to operate that wouldn’t impose the same verification restrictions.
As of today a large amount of countries, representing around 4.5 billion people including the largest economies in the world are pushing for some sort of age verification requirement.
You could choose to operate outside of these countries but you would only find a small, and poor, market. The countries pushing for this kind of identity verification account for the majority of the world’s GDP.
So, as it stands, unless you want to operate an e-commerce business serving Gabon and Congo, you would probably be forced to comply with a law similar to the one in Utah.
As of today a large amount of countries, representing around 4.5 billion people including the largest economies in the world are pushing for some sort of age verification requirement.
But that does not mean they are also pushing laws that hold the website responsible if someone connects through a VPN.
That argument only works if there are significant markets where a country could choose to operate that wouldn’t impose the same verification restrictions.
As of today a large amount of countries, representing around 4.5 billion people including the largest economies in the world are pushing for some sort of age verification requirement.
You could choose to operate outside of these countries but you would only find a small, and poor, market. The countries pushing for this kind of identity verification account for the majority of the world’s GDP.
So, as it stands, unless you want to operate an e-commerce business serving Gabon and Congo, you would probably be forced to comply with a law similar to the one in Utah.
But that does not mean they are also pushing laws that hold the website responsible if someone connects through a VPN.