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

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411 points donpott | 1 comments | 22 Aug 25 10:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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nickdothutton ◴[22 Aug 25 12:15 UTC] No.44983582[source]▶
Step 1, pass law.

Step 2, demand compliance.

Step 3, upon not hearing of compliance, levy fines.

Step 4, upon non payment of fines, declare in breach of (2).

Step 5, block site from UK using DNS, in the same manner as torrent sites etc.

5 was always the goal, 2 to 4 are largely just performative.

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username332211 ◴[22 Aug 25 12:34 UTC] No.44983781[source]▶
How does step 5 work? Switching DNS servers is trivial.
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postexitus ◴[22 Aug 25 12:35 UTC] No.44983797[source]▶
For you - not for 99% of the public.
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aaomidi ◴[22 Aug 25 14:44 UTC] No.44985293[source]▶
In countries like Iran 80%+ of the population knows how to.

It’s all a matter of incentives.

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1. qingcharles ◴[22 Aug 25 16:40 UTC] No.44986640[source]▶
This. Practically the entire Middle East has blocks on sites like porn. Every household I know pays for a VPN that they share with all their family members.