UK UK communications regulator confirms £20,000 4Chan fine - U.K. Tech Secretary Liz Kendall says levy against the online message board is a “clear warning” to other providers.

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LONDON — The provider of online message board 4chan has been fined £20,000 by the U.K.'s communications regulator Ofcom for failing to respond to requests for information about its compliance with the Online Safety Act.

Preston Bryne, a lawyer representing 4Chan, said in August that Ofcom had provisionally decided to fine 4Chan for £20,000. Ofcom's statement today confirms that is the case.

Ofcom will also impose a daily penalty of £100, starting from Tuesday, for either 60 days or until 4chan provides it with the relevant information, whichever is sooner.

Suzanne Cater, Director of Enforcement at Ofcom, said: “Today sends a clear message that any service which flagrantly fails to engage with Ofcom and their duties under the Online Safety Act can expect to face robust enforcement action.

“We're also seeing some services take steps to introduce improved safety measures as a direct result of our enforcement action. Services who choose to restrict access rather than protect U.K. users remain on our watchlist as we continue to monitor their availability to U.K. users.”

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall praised Ofcom's decision, saying in a statement: “The Online Safety Act is not just law, it’s a lifeline. Today we’ve seen it in action, holding platforms to account so we can protect people across the U.K.”

“This fine serves a clear warning to those who fail to remove illegal content or protect children from harmful material. We fully back the regulator in taking action against all platforms that do not protect users from the darkest corners of the internet,” she added.

https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-communications-regulator-confirms-20000-4chan-fine/ (Archive)
 
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Can these smarmy cretinous faggots steer clear of the Internet, they clearly have no idea what the fuck is going on. I hate governments so much it's unreal.
 
Genuinely feels like every single day there is a new horror beyond my comprehension originating from across the pond over in Euro land. It really feels like every single day some random "government office" completely rewrites freedoms and rights.
 
Clem Fandango said:
What?

Seriously what? In what way is the online safety act a "lifeline". What do you mean?
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Hmmm
Maybe it means that the UK is in such spectacular collapse that the only way they can keep the rotten structure going is by levying retarded fines on random websites? That's the only way I can see fining random sites as a "lifeline".
 
Captain Ahab said:
As of late, Spain and the UK have both been acting as if they’re still empires and not dying economies on the verge of collapse.
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We have been in a collapse for a while now. It's a silent one. One year the price of everything goes up, yet we don't get richer to compensate for it. The next year it happens again. You don't really notice it on a yearly basis, but when you look to buy something you haven't had in a half a decade or check an old receipt, it becomes apparent.

chiobu said:
Ofcom will also impose a daily penalty of £100, starting from Tuesday, for either 60 days or until 4chan provides it with the relevant information, whichever is sooner.
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WTF happens after that? It just freezes? It's an American website ran by a Jap. Bongs exist at no point in the process. The UK has no cards to play here.
 
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Jason_Cruiser said:
WTF happens after that? It just freezes? It's an American website ran by a Jap. Bongs exist at no point in the process. The UK has no cards to play here.
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I'm sure they have a plan for that. Surely.

Because otherwise, this will just expose them as issuing completely toothless threats that can be safely ignored with no consequence. Which is probably not what you want when you bill yourself as a "regulator". You might even end up looking retarded!

So, as I say, surely they have a plan to collect that sweet sweet money.
 
As a person who hates the UK Government, I'm going to fine them 500 bajillion dollars and every second they don't pay it's going to add another 103447323293 bajillion dollars to the fine.

See? It's meaningless saber rattling if you lack the means to back it up.

I'm sure that lawyer who's representing 4chan and the Farms in the court system is going to eat this up.
 
Perfect Day said:
This is directly referring to the Kiwifarms
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But it's also toothless.

They don't' have the power to do anything about it.

The farms do not operate in the UK, ergo, we cannot be compelled to obey UK law or pay UK court fines.

This is just impotent mewling, we've been over this all before when the first round off OFCOM fines landed with a wet thud and a lot of laughter.

The most they can do is become even more of a repressive shithole by prosecuting their own citizens for accessing an "unauthorized" website. But that still doesn't affect the website itself.
 
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