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

(www.bbc.co.uk)
411 points donpott | 2 comments | 22 Aug 25 10:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
1. BallsInIt ◴[22 Aug 25 15:10 UTC] No.44985587[source]▶
I thought 4chan already blocked UK IPs. Why is Ofcom still pursuing this?
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2. cmcaleer ◴[22 Aug 25 16:31 UTC] No.44986543[source]▶
For the same reason Roskomnadzor makes demands of Wikipedia to remove information it doesn't like: to impotently make demands of entities that will obviously not comply so there can be some theatrics before blocking them or marking them as an evil non-compliant entity.

It's truly baffling stuff. If Roskomnadzor made demands of a UK-based website before dramatically fining them massive amounts daily (that will obviously never be collected), people would rightfully treat them as a laughing stock. Yet when Ofcom treats a foreign entity the same way, they somehow expect to be treated seriously.

Honestly 4chan treated this with far more respect than it was due by having their lawyers respond at all.