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4chan fined $26K for refusing to assess risks under UK Online Safety Act (arstechnica.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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If 4chan continues to ignore Ofcom, the forum could be blocked in the UK. And 4chan could face even bigger fines totaling about $23 million or 10 percent of 4chan’s worldwide turnover, whichever is higher. 4chan also faces potential arrest and/or "imprisonment for a term of up to two years," the lawsuit said.

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[–] 42 points 11 months ago* (6 children)

4chan also faces potential arrest and/or "imprisonment for a term of up to two years," the lawsuit said.

I wanna see how a website would be sent to jail.

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  • [–] 35 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Clearly they're after the notorious hacker known as 4chan

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    They could go after the owner. I believe he lives in Japan, all the UK has to do is send an extradition request to the Japanese government, bing bang boom all done.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Which they would laugh at. Even the Chinese government would laugh at such a request. It isn't something that is considered universally a crime, like robbery and murder, but the type of shit they are asking for is so fucking unprecedented and unreasonable it's stupid.

    It would be like if the UK demanded that France immediately extradite all legal handgun owners in France (where handguns are legal) because it is a crime to possess one in Great Britain and therefore they are criminals. Makes no sense.

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