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4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC

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411 points donpott | 2 comments | 22 Aug 25 10:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.453s | source
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macinjosh ◴[22 Aug 25 12:13 UTC] No.44983563[source]▶
Ofcom's only card now is to have UK ISPs block 4chan. When that happens will Starlink comply? maybe. what if they block X? could get messy fast.
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1. perihelions ◴[22 Aug 25 12:20 UTC] No.44983618[source]▶
I'd be totally un-shocked if the UK criminalized Starlink (over OSA or otherwise), in part because they've already criminalized it before, in some of their territories[0,1].

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42979869 ("Starlink in the Falkland Islands – A national emergency situation? (openfalklands.com)"—225 comments)

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37645945 ("Saint Helena Island Communications (sainthelenaisland.info)"—145 comments)

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2. incone123 ◴[22 Aug 25 16:29 UTC] No.44986526[source]▶
That barely got covered in the UK news, but if wealthy rural people (who don't have good wired or cellular internet) get told their Starlink is getting banned it will be much more newsworthy.