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https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/britain-issues-first-online-safety-fine-us-website-4chan-2025-10-13/
Britain issues first online safety fine to US website 4chan, saying "We're not irrelevant! Stop saying that or we'll cry!"
LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Failed empire holder and now failed state Britain, said on Monday it had issued U.S. internet forum site 4chan with a 20,000 pound ($26,644) fine for failing to provide information about the risk of illegal content on its service, as the UK engages further in it's mad delusion that everyone in the world must obey them, and also marking the first penalty under the new online "safety" regime, a precursors to Orwell's 1984.
Media regulator Ofcom said 4chan had not responded to its request for a copy of its illegal harms risk assessment nor a second request relating to its qualifying worldwide. 4chan didn't reply because . . . Well why the fuck do they need to.
Ofcom said it would take action against any service which "flagrantly fails to engage with Ofcom and their duties under the Online Safety Act" and they should expect to face penalties.
The act, which is designed to protect children and vulnerable users from illegal content online, has caused tension between U.S. tech companies and Britain.
Critics of the law have said it threatens free speech and targets U.S. companies.
Technology minister Liz Kendall said the government "fully backed" Ofcom in taking action.
"This fine, while utterly futile and impotent, is a clear warning to those who fail to remove illegal content or protect children from harmful material," she said. "We will divert as many resources as possible to this issue and we don't care how many children are raped by Muslim gangs while we make the internet a safer place for kids"
Britain issues first online safety fine to US website 4chan, saying "We're not irrelevant! Stop saying that or we'll cry!"
LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Failed empire holder and now failed state Britain, said on Monday it had issued U.S. internet forum site 4chan with a 20,000 pound ($26,644) fine for failing to provide information about the risk of illegal content on its service, as the UK engages further in it's mad delusion that everyone in the world must obey them, and also marking the first penalty under the new online "safety" regime, a precursors to Orwell's 1984.
Media regulator Ofcom said 4chan had not responded to its request for a copy of its illegal harms risk assessment nor a second request relating to its qualifying worldwide. 4chan didn't reply because . . . Well why the fuck do they need to.
Ofcom said it would take action against any service which "flagrantly fails to engage with Ofcom and their duties under the Online Safety Act" and they should expect to face penalties.
The act, which is designed to protect children and vulnerable users from illegal content online, has caused tension between U.S. tech companies and Britain.
Critics of the law have said it threatens free speech and targets U.S. companies.
Technology minister Liz Kendall said the government "fully backed" Ofcom in taking action.
"This fine, while utterly futile and impotent, is a clear warning to those who fail to remove illegal content or protect children from harmful material," she said. "We will divert as many resources as possible to this issue and we don't care how many children are raped by Muslim gangs while we make the internet a safer place for kids"
