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Aloha TOB Yes, I KNOW it's been a very long time just wanted to drop on by and share a bit of information for those who are shipping stuff to off shore account, web hosting, etc PLEASE do your research first and be aware about this CLOUD ACT which was added into Omnibus passed and signed into law So how does this relate to FOSTA ? Very simple, moving escort ads and escort listing websites overseas does not protect you, either as an advertiser or as a business. With the CLOUD Act, now all the US government has to do is to request that the foreign government provide them with the requested information about a US citizen and they will serve the subpoena on the local company, never providing you notice that your information is being subpoenaed and that information will be handed over to the US government. So in reality, moving everything offshore may actually lessen your Constitutional rights under the 4th Amendment to privacy and unreasonable searches and seizures. For example the CLOUD Act; Includes a weak standard for review that does not rise to the protections of the warrant requirement under the 4th Amendment. Fails to require foreign law enforcement to seek individualized and prior judicial review. Grants real-time access and interception to foreign law enforcement without requiring the heightened warrant standards that U.S. police have to adhere to under the Wiretap Act. Fails to place adequate limits on the category and severity of crimes for this type of agreement. Fails to require notice on any level – to the person targeted, to the country where the person resides, and to the country where the data is stored. (Under a separate provision regarding U.S. law enforcement extraterritorial orders, the bill allows companies to give notice to the foreign countries where data is stored, but there is no parallel provision for company-to-country notice when foreign police seek data stored in the United States.) Be very aware where your information is stored. Just because your Switter account, ProtonMail or escorting ad is hosted/stored overseas doesn’t mean its safe from the US government. Matter of fact, it may actually be at greater risk. Here's the full article : https://adultbizlaw.com/2018/04/06/fosta-the-cloud-act-the-1-2-punch-to-end-online-escorting/amp/?__twitter_impression=true