[irrational]

How exactly can a website restrict itself in a single state?

[zerocrates]

They're blocking IPs that look Mississippi-ish. I assume just using Maxmind or some other IP geolocation database.

[jayknight]

I'm near Mississippi but not in it and I'm blocked on my home network. To open the app on my phone I have to turn off with and open it while on mobile data. Once the app is open I can get back on Wi-Fi and everything works fine, so they're only checking that first time the app opens.

[swiftcoder]

Badly. Anyone whose IP has recently been geolocated in that state will be swept up in the ban (and anyone with a VPN can evade it)

[criley2]

They don't actually care about the block or ban, they just want to put in enough token effort that a judge in the area will feel that it was reasonably done. It's performative for the legal system.

[panja]

IP geolocation

[edm0nd]

Its actually really simple but its not perfect.