Comment by saddlerustle
5 years ago
My understanding is it's complicated in the US, but between most other western countries there are treaties allowing foreign judgements to be enforced domestically.
>If so, does it mean that, as a hypothetical website owner, I need to understand and be compliant with every law in every possible country, or risk fines / imprisonment?
By the letter of the law, yes. The idea of a borderless internet never had specific legal standing, it's just largely a convention on non-enforcement.
The US standard is that they will only prosecute (or deport) for crimes which are also a crime in the US.
In the other hand, the standard for enforcing civil judgements is much lower.