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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 4CHAN COMMUNITY SUPPORT LLC and LOLCOW, LLC, d/b/a KIWI FARMS, Plaintiffs, v. THE UK OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS, a/k/a OFCOM
A long, long time ago, there was a war. A war of independence. The nations of Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies fought, as one vied for freedom from the other. The Thirteen Colonies won. In 1783 the Treaty of Paris was signed, granting the Thirteen Colonies, now the United States, freedom from the yoke of Great Britain.
Now lets fast forward just a few centuries. It is the 21st millennium, Britain is now a dump. The Online Safety Act 2023 has passed in the UK, also known as Bongistan. This law seeks to regulate speech across the globe, outside the borders of the British Isles.
Before we get started, lets explain who 4chan, Kiwi Farms, and OFCOM are.
Parties:
4chan:
4chan is a popular imageboard founded by Christopher Poole/Moot in 2003. Its content is rather infamous among internet denizens, but has managed to stand the test of time. Currently owned and operated by Hiroyuki Nishimura/Gookmoot.
Kiwi Farms/ Lolcow LLC:
Kiwi Farms was started as CWCki Forums under its original owners, before transferal to the current owner and operator, Joshua Conner Moon/Null. Started roughly around 2012. It is a message board dedicated to documenting "Lolcows", among other topics, such as news, cooking, arts, survival tactics, and more.
OFCOM:
The Office of Communications or OFCOM is a Governemt approved (but not owned) regulatory agency responsable for regulating, television, telecoms, internet, radio, broadband, phones, video platforms, the wireless spectrum, and postal services.
The Facts:
In March and April respectively, Kiwi Farms and 4chan were contacted by the regulatory body of the UK known as OFCOM.
4chan did not respond. OFCOM stated they would be opening an investigation as of June 9th 2025, a “final legal notice” on June 16, 2025, a “preliminary contravention email” on July 9, 2025, and a “provisional decision notice” on August 12, 2025. They were threatened with criminal penalties, along with a penalty of £18 million or 10% of 4chan’s worldwide revenue, whichever is greater, and advised 4chan that failing to comply with the 4chan Information Notice was a criminal offense. This was not validly served under the US-UK Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty. More threats followed, including a threat to impose a fine of £20,000 (twenty thousand pounds Sterling) on 4chan Community Support LLC, as well as daily fines of £100 (one hundred pounds Sterling) daily for noncompliance for up to a maximum of sixty days. Again, this was not validly served under the US-UK Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.
Kiwi Farms did respond. In essence, what happened was Kiwi Farms got an Advisory Letter (link). The UK was then blocked as a precautonary measure. OFCOM was satisfied (link). But on July 16th, 2025, the site was down for maintence. The UK block was disabled. OFCOM then came back like the Randalls they are and demanded that Kiwi Farms comply with the OSA (the “Second Kiwi Farms Demand”) (link).
Joshua Conner Moon/Null, Owner and Operator of Kiwi Farms, was not having it. The block was left disabled. And for those wondering, the Second Kiwi Farms Demand was not validly served under the US-UK Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.
And here we are today in August 2025. Enter Lolcow LLC, to be refered to as Kiwi Farms, and 4chan. Having been approached by outside legal help from Preston J. Byrne (twitter) and Ronald D. Coleman (twitter), these two estranged websites have joined forces against the censorious threat.
Their opposition is OFCOM (website link) , a quazi-governmental organization of Britain, which regulates media and online traffic. Also the infamous TV licenses that nobody pays.
The Judge in the case is Judge Rudolph Contreras (link).
Summons has been issued to OFCOM as of writing.
Link to main A&N thread here:
Courtlistener page is here:
Case 1:25-cv-02880
Godsneed.
A long, long time ago, there was a war. A war of independence. The nations of Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies fought, as one vied for freedom from the other. The Thirteen Colonies won. In 1783 the Treaty of Paris was signed, granting the Thirteen Colonies, now the United States, freedom from the yoke of Great Britain.
Now lets fast forward just a few centuries. It is the 21st millennium, Britain is now a dump. The Online Safety Act 2023 has passed in the UK, also known as Bongistan. This law seeks to regulate speech across the globe, outside the borders of the British Isles.
Before we get started, lets explain who 4chan, Kiwi Farms, and OFCOM are.
Parties:
4chan:
4chan is a popular imageboard founded by Christopher Poole/Moot in 2003. Its content is rather infamous among internet denizens, but has managed to stand the test of time. Currently owned and operated by Hiroyuki Nishimura/Gookmoot.
Kiwi Farms/ Lolcow LLC:
Kiwi Farms was started as CWCki Forums under its original owners, before transferal to the current owner and operator, Joshua Conner Moon/Null. Started roughly around 2012. It is a message board dedicated to documenting "Lolcows", among other topics, such as news, cooking, arts, survival tactics, and more.
OFCOM:
The Office of Communications or OFCOM is a Governemt approved (but not owned) regulatory agency responsable for regulating, television, telecoms, internet, radio, broadband, phones, video platforms, the wireless spectrum, and postal services.
The Facts:
In March and April respectively, Kiwi Farms and 4chan were contacted by the regulatory body of the UK known as OFCOM.
4chan did not respond. OFCOM stated they would be opening an investigation as of June 9th 2025, a “final legal notice” on June 16, 2025, a “preliminary contravention email” on July 9, 2025, and a “provisional decision notice” on August 12, 2025. They were threatened with criminal penalties, along with a penalty of £18 million or 10% of 4chan’s worldwide revenue, whichever is greater, and advised 4chan that failing to comply with the 4chan Information Notice was a criminal offense. This was not validly served under the US-UK Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty. More threats followed, including a threat to impose a fine of £20,000 (twenty thousand pounds Sterling) on 4chan Community Support LLC, as well as daily fines of £100 (one hundred pounds Sterling) daily for noncompliance for up to a maximum of sixty days. Again, this was not validly served under the US-UK Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.
Kiwi Farms did respond. In essence, what happened was Kiwi Farms got an Advisory Letter (link). The UK was then blocked as a precautonary measure. OFCOM was satisfied (link). But on July 16th, 2025, the site was down for maintence. The UK block was disabled. OFCOM then came back like the Randalls they are and demanded that Kiwi Farms comply with the OSA (the “Second Kiwi Farms Demand”) (link).
Joshua Conner Moon/Null, Owner and Operator of Kiwi Farms, was not having it. The block was left disabled. And for those wondering, the Second Kiwi Farms Demand was not validly served under the US-UK Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.
And here we are today in August 2025. Enter Lolcow LLC, to be refered to as Kiwi Farms, and 4chan. Having been approached by outside legal help from Preston J. Byrne (twitter) and Ronald D. Coleman (twitter), these two estranged websites have joined forces against the censorious threat.
Their opposition is OFCOM (website link) , a quazi-governmental organization of Britain, which regulates media and online traffic. Also the infamous TV licenses that nobody pays.
The Judge in the case is Judge Rudolph Contreras (link).
Summons has been issued to OFCOM as of writing.
Link to main A&N thread here:
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Courtlistener page is here:
Case 1:25-cv-02880
Godsneed.
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