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Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify wider UK site-blocking?

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361 points gloxkiqcza | 1 comments | 24 Aug 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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digianarchist ◴[24 Aug 25 17:20 UTC] No.45005926[source]▶
There are a lot of extra steps the UK government can take beyond the fines:

> In the most extreme cases, with the agreement of the courts, Ofcom will be able to require payment providers, advertisers and internet service providers to stop working with a site, preventing it from generating money or being accessed from the UK.

They’ve done this before (various piracy websites are blocked by ISPs).

The criminal liability of senior managers could cause travel headaches too.

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RenThraysk ◴[24 Aug 25 21:48 UTC] No.45008116[source]▶
OFCOM is powerless. ISP blocks are worthless.

This is going to fizzle out, like the Australian eSafety team trying to remove content off X globally.

Or get Apple to poke holes in it's crypto. Just not going to happen.

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1. Hilift ◴[25 Aug 25 06:52 UTC] No.45011026[source]▶
eSafety is a joke. However, the Human Rights Commission has the funding to launch multi-year investigations into YouTubers that make people cry and poop their pants. That's power, although they do admit the investigations cannot currently proceed beyond investigations due to there aren't any punishments or remedies in the statute. But that's a clerical error that should be remedied some day.