Or they pick a few and make an example out of them.

I believe the example would be "Good luck with that I'm in Germany."

That would be mastodon.social, yes, but there's lots of instances that are not.

Like I run one and I'm in Louisiana and I sure do not have the funds to mount a legal defense.

	▲	Forbo 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Sounds like a failure to properly build a threat model. Consider relocating your instance and begin using privacy mitigations like VPN. Much cheaper than an attorney.

> the example would be "Good luck with that I'm in Germany”

Mississippi is a red state. Bluesky is liberal. I could see the White House turning the dispute into a tariff or defence spat.