I think they being sold outside the US

Which is exactly the problem. The billionaires have access to loopholes that the rest of us don’t, and dont pay social security tax on any meaningful part of their income. So they pay an appreciably lower effective tax rate than the middle class

With the UK, they can block content that’s known to be NSFW. With Mississippi, they get fined if kids access the site at all if somebody else on there sees something NSFW.

The problem isn’t that the state is blocking it; its that they threatened to impose a $10,000 fine for each user who can access the site without first proving their age.

You can afford that risk if you live outside the US. Not if you’re a US corporation

The same reason we allow them on any other technology — they create a financial incentive for innovation.