Re: Bogus Usenet outside USA

Mr. Man-wai Chang <[email protected]> wrote:

> Is it easy to create a bogus Usenet? Of course, you do it outside the
> jurisdiction of United States of America, of course!
> 

Usenet is not under the jurisdiction of United States of America, it is
a worldwide distributed service.  Each News Service Provider is under
the jurisdiction of its own national lawmakers individually.

>
> Can Hong Kong (with China's help) do it with ease? How about Britain?
>

If Hong Kong has the blessing of the CCP it can, or if it can escape
"The Great Firewall of China" it can.  Anywhere that can host a
newserver can join Usenet if it can find peers.  Any user anywhere can
connect to any newsserver worldwide if not blocked by a firewall.

A NNTP news service need not be connected to Usenet, it can be a
stand-alone or peer with any other news service that doesn't propagate
to Usenet.

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