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 The views and opinions included in this email belong to the author and are not representative of the views and opinions of the company which employs me. If you find a spelling or grammatical error, you may keep it. Rich Kulawiec 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
On Sun, Feb 15, 2026 at 10:25:56PM -0800, Owen DeLong via NANOG wrote: this fundamental principle of the Internet in order to accomodate them.
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