Comment by em-bee

but there is additional risk and liability, because the new act creates more work in order to be compliant (which is what increases the liability), and it increases the risk of being attacked.

there's never been an instance of any of the proclaimed things that this act protects [...] people from, so he should be safe, right?

but despite this, he is already being attacked, and those attacks will not just continue but they are likely to increase because the attack surface has become larger.