Investigation into 4chan and its compliance with duties to protect its users
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Re: Investigation into 4chan and its compliance with duties to protect its users
#24chan's response (through lawyers): https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1956391746029428914
Full text:
"BYRNE & STORM, P.C.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Re: Statement Regarding Ofcom's Reported Provisional Notice - 4chan Community Support LLC
Byrne & Storm, P.C. ( @ByrneStorm ) and Coleman Law, P.C. ( @RonColeman ) represent 4chan Community Support LLC ("4chan").
According to press reports, the U.K. Office of Communications ("Ofcom") has issued a provisional notice under the Online Safety Act alleging a contravention by 4chan and indicating an intention to impose a penalty of £20,000, plus daily penalties thereafter.
4chan is a United States company, incorporated in Delaware, with no establishment, assets, or operations in the United Kingdom. Any attempt to impose or enforce a penalty against 4chan will be resisted in U.S. federal court.
American businesses do not surrender their First Amendment rights because a foreign bureaucrat sends them an e-mail. Under settled principles of U.S. law, American courts will not enforce foreign penal fines or censorship codes.
If necessary, we will seek appropriate relief in U.S. federal court to confirm these principles.
United States federal authorities have been briefed on this matter.
The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, was reportedly warned by the White House to cease targeting Americans with U.K. censorship codes (according to reporting in the Telegraph on July 30th).
Despite these warnings, Ofcom continues its illegal campaign of harassment against American technology firms. A political solution to this matter is urgently required and that solution must come from the highest levels of American government.
We call on the Trump Administration to invoke all diplomatic and legal levers available to the United States to protect American companies from extraterritorial censorship mandates.
Our client reserves all rights."
Re: Investigation into 4chan and its compliance with duties to protect its users
#34chan will win, american techbros will celebrate, then in a year the US will pass some sort of KYC.
Surveillance is inevitable.
Re: Investigation into 4chan and its compliance with duties to protect its users
#4Why do they think that organizations who operate completely outside of the UK, accept no money from UK citizens or otherwise do business there, fall within their jurisdiction? I think realistically all that could happen is they tell ISPs to block it.
Re: Investigation into 4chan and its compliance with duties to protect its users
#5Why do they think that organizations who operate completely outside of the UK, accept no money from UK citizens or otherwise do business there, fall within their jurisdiction? I think realistically all that could happen is they tell ISPs to block it.
> they tell ISPs to block it
Seems likely. And then that won't work, and they'll tell ISPs to block VPN traffic too.
Re: Investigation into 4chan and its compliance with duties to protect its users
#6USA is all about free speech because the big tech companies are in USA and behind closed doors do what the US Government tells them. If Meta/Google/Twitter/TikTok were foreign companies they'd likely be banned or regulated to be allowed to operate here.
Re: Investigation into 4chan and its compliance with duties to protect its users
#74chan will win, american techbros will celebrate, then in a year the US will pass some sort of KYC. Surveillance is inevitable.
Only with that defeatist attitude will it be inevitable.
Re: Investigation into 4chan and its compliance with duties to protect its users
#8USA is all about free speech because the big tech companies are in USA and behind closed doors do what the US Government tells them. If Meta/Google/Twitter/TikTok were foreign companies they'd likely be banned or regulated to be allowed to operate here.
Pretty sure the USA position has to do with the us constitution. Just saying
Re: Investigation into 4chan and its compliance with duties to protect its users
#9USA is all about free speech because the big tech companies are in USA and behind closed doors do what the US Government tells them. If Meta/Google/Twitter/TikTok were foreign companies they'd likely be banned or regulated to be allowed to operate here.
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Re: Investigation into 4chan and its compliance with duties to protect its users
#10USA is all about free speech because the big tech companies are in USA and behind closed doors do what the US Government tells them. If Meta/Google/Twitter/TikTok were foreign companies they'd likely be banned or regulated to be allowed to operate here.
TikTok? I know there's a fight going on with it but I believe it's still Chinese owned.