As noted in the story (though I think not when you initially commented), staff say that the location of the server is essentially irrelevant, as it's about the business partners who support the site's operation, and their relationship with governments and other parties that allow them to continue doing business.
Some not on staff raised Bad Dragon not being able to deal at Anthrocon, and while I don't know that specific matter is relevant to this case (it happened years ago and was more about the product getting untoward attention at AC, which has lots of other dealers and also a lot of media attention), I could easily imagine it being brought up by card processors for BD or another of the companies under the same ownership, like e621's hosting provider.
As noted in the story (though I think not when you initially commented), staff say that the location of the server is essentially irrelevant, as it's about the business partners who support the site's operation, and their relationship with governments and other parties that allow them to continue doing business.
Some not on staff raised Bad Dragon not being able to deal at Anthrocon, and while I don't know that specific matter is relevant to this case (it happened years ago and was more about the product getting untoward attention at AC, which has lots of other dealers and also a lot of media attention), I could easily imagine it being brought up by card processors for BD or another of the companies under the same ownership, like e621's hosting provider.