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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: 0s | 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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CommanderData ◴[22 Aug 25 14:22 UTC] No.44985060[source]▶
step 6: Block non-compliant DNS servers
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kps ◴[22 Aug 25 14:46 UTC] No.44985314[source]▶
Step 7: Camera AI that can catch the people scribbling “Sci-Hub is 190.115.31.218” on a bathroom wall.
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1. bcrosby95 ◴[22 Aug 25 17:08 UTC] No.44987017[source]▶
There's literally no perfect law in the world. So I'm not exactly sure what your point is.