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The Ofcom Tea Party: 4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence, British regulator claims “sovereign immunity” to defend itself – and sovereign powers to regulate foreign companies (alecmuffett.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] -2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

You are extremely wrong and will inevitably have your face rubbed in that fact when the UK fails to do anything to/about 4chan

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  • [–] -3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    It is quite simple really - 4chan will either pay and comply or be blocked in the UK, lose all the revenue from UK traffic and be constantly on guard where their financial assets are as these will be seized if handled by UK bank.

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  • [–] -3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    4chan will pay nothing, the UK has no power to seize any assets 4chan has, any revenue they lose will be negligible and temporary

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    So are you saying the UK government doesn't have the power to block 4chan in the UK?

    Interesting.

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  • [–] -4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    How much money do you think UK users are worth to 4chan? And how much do you think the free international publicity for telling the UK government to fuck off might be worth? I would be surprised if they cave to this nonsense.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Probably not a lot.

    And for the same reason I cant imagine the government would have any problems or issues blocking them altogether. Its not like there'd be an outpouring of support, I imagine you could ask any 10 people on the street if any of them know what 4chan is and you'd draw a blank. Maybe 1 in 20 will know its for dank memes.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child)

    You USians are funny, you really believe you are exceptional and your shitty companies are above the law.

    EU and EU countries proved you wrong multiple times when they fined your big tech. This time it will be no different.

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  • [–] -4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Lol @ "you think you're exceptional" from a country literally in the middle of trying to enforce their laws on others, delusional

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    No, sweetie. USians are shocked to find out laws apply to them. Difficult concept, I know.

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  • [–] -5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    UK laws matter internationally exactly as much as the UK does, which is to say nowhere near enough for this lol

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