they can put out arrest warrants and fines
Of course they can, but they're unenforceable if the instance's operator has no presence nor assets in the UK. That's why I wrote "forced" in bold. They can issue shit, but that's where it stops.
and possibly have the person extradited to the UK
According to Wikipedia, extradition requires that the crime is such in BOTH countries. So no, I don't see that being an option here.
blarghly@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Right, but realistically this would be far too much work. Like, they would need to do the same for every digital sex worker who has ever spun up their own website. It’s just not feasible.
onslaught545@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
They could also instruct their ISPs to block the instance.
blarghly@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh certainly. But this is a lot less work than trying to extradite someone