> The infinite character of that power was most famously summed up by English lawyer Sir Ivor Jennings, who once said that “if Parliament enacts that smoking in the streets of Paris is an offence, then it is an offence”. This line is taught to every first-year English law student.
Initially this seems like disrespect for another country's sovereignty. But really the crucial thing is:
> We explained to the UK that the Online Safety Act had a snowball’s chance in hell of being enforced in the United States
Ofcom has to go through the motions of telling 4chan they can't smoke in Paris because of the (very on-brand) nanny law.
> The infinite character of that power was most famously summed up by English lawyer Sir Ivor Jennings, who once said that “if Parliament enacts that smoking in the streets of Paris is an offence, then it is an offence”. This line is taught to every first-year English law student.
Initially this seems like disrespect for another country's sovereignty. But really the crucial thing is:
> We explained to the UK that the Online Safety Act had a snowball’s chance in hell of being enforced in the United States
Ofcom has to go through the motions of telling 4chan they can't smoke in Paris because of the (very on-brand) nanny law.