2025-04-29 - OFCOM: Illegal Content Risk Assessment Enforcement Programme

[prayforpills]

Reminds me of the time the coroners office told me to take a picture off instagram that my mate took of me in the courtroom bathrooms and I just ignored it (UK). Why do British authorities think they can control what other people share on the internet?

 

[Nefarious Elliot]

Exactly what recourse do they have against an American physical server owned by an American? It seems like policing the free speech of their citizens would be their own internal prerogative. Why not ignore them?

 

[rosecig]

Why not ignore them?

I imagine if null did this they would just block it themselves anyway. Beyond that no they have no authority.

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

Here's James Corbett's interview with Ray Vahey of Bitchute. They talk specifically about OFCOM.

I don't want to read this whole thread, so can someone please tell me what happens if you get an e-mail in the OP and decide not to comply in any way? Is there anything the Brits can do?

 

[Caesar]

has the block been accidently turned off @Null? I turned off my VPN as another page wasn't loading, forgot, and I'm reading and posting here no issue on a UK IP. WhatIsMyIp showing a UK location.

Edit UK VPN also works. I didn't think it was just my (mobile phone) ISP as it was previously blocked anyway

Edit 2 aw man i forgot how nice browsing the
site was without VON induced latency/ping lol

@Null the block seems borked again. Currently browsing from a UK IP.

 

[Caesar]

@Null the block seems borked again. Currently browsing from a UK IP.

It just started working again. I guess sometimes it just takes the weekend off.

 

[Goose the Redeemer]

@Caesar

The block only applies to kiwiflare issuing a session token, not the site in general. Delete your cookies (specifically sssg_clearance) and you will be unable to access the site again.

 

[Caesar]

@Caesar

The block only applies to kiwiflare issuing a session token, not the site in general. Delete your cookies (specifically sssg_clearance) and you will be unable to access the site again.

I see, that very well could be it

 

[Galeocerdo]

Non existent weight yet you are using TOR rn to see this message and probably even respond to this message. Not using TOR out of your own free will but because you are forced to do so if you want to read the site in the UK.

Alright, fair point well made. It's more that OFCOM shouldn't realistically be allowed to do anything to foreign media services and my understanding was that OFCOM monitors purely UK based media and mostly things like TV/Radio, which they've always done a fucking bad job of lmao.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Is there anything the Brits can do?

All ofcom can do is issue a fine, which you can ignore if you have no financial presence in the UK. They won't even block the site. There's no legal mechanism for that, unless you actually have "illegal content".