Ofcom £ 20.000 Geldstraf
https://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/News/article/ofcom-20000-fine-american-site-4chan-illegal-says-american-law-firm
Von insomnimax_99
Ofcom £ 20.000 Geldstraf
https://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/News/article/ofcom-20000-fine-american-site-4chan-illegal-says-american-law-firm
Von insomnimax_99
15 Kommentare
Realistically, what can Ofcom actually do?
4chan has no infrastructure in the UK. I guess they can make UK ISPs block the site, but I doubt the owner cares, and most people who’d want to access 4chan are probably tech savvy enough to figure out a VPN.
Will just end up with Ofcom forcing ISPs to block access to 4chan from the UK.
Looks like 4Chan is getting blocked then.
Won’t make much difference, since I would assume 4Channers will be some of the most VPN savvy people out there.
Surprise surprise, UK shakes a finger and the bigger kid shrugs their shoulders
Whilst I do agree that 4Chan is a website which should be categorised in a very grey area.
There’s a larger problem and If the UK continues like this, no doubt websites will pull together and pull away from the UK.
4chan is just the start, we need more mainstream sites refusing to bow to the UK government, the more that do this the louder the backlash will get.
I wish other websites would take this approach with our disgusting country, Tell the worthless mildreds at ofcom to shove it up their… Show how unworkable this awful legislation is.
Literally an unenforceable fine. What an embarrassment for the UK especially after Starmer said he wouldn’t inflict his censorship campaign towards the U.S only days prior.
Hopefully sets a precedent for other tech companies and websites to completely ignore this shambolic law, which as far as I can tell are under no obligation to comply with the laws of a little island nation they don’t even reside in.
To be fair 4-Chan has always been a hive of villainous behaviour. If more European countries shared the same stance then it might gain traction.
>be me, want to control the internet. Lol
> Tell internet companies what to do.
>feels good.
>internet companies laugh in my face
>rage
I used to lurk on 4chan starting aged 11/12 back in the mid 2000s. I won’t miss the site if they ban it, it’s been a cesspit of conspiracy theories full of Nazis for some time now. We have to draw the line somewhere…
They’ll block it and set a precedent. Then Google will refuse to pay a fine for not blocking a picture of some breasts and the Govt will be painted into a corner. Again.
Going to be something marvelous if 4chan is responsible for international incident.
If a section of the internet is being blocked, how far away are we from essentially the Chinese model for the internet, where the Government only allow us on sites they deem okay.