Ofcom fines 4chan £20K and counting for violating UK's Online Safety Act

If the UK doesn't like 4chan, they're going to have to just block it. 4chan, an American product, with likely no funds, is never going to pay this and will suffer zero consequences.

Re: Ofcom fines 4chan £20K and counting for violating UK's Online Safety Act

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Post by breakfastduck » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 3:28 PM UTC

what a pointless excersize this is

Re: Ofcom fines 4chan £20K and counting for violating UK's Online Safety Act

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Post by jerjerjer » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 3:28 PM UTC

Do they even have any legal presence in UK to fine?

Re: Ofcom fines 4chan £20K and counting for violating UK's Online Safety Act

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Post by retrac98 » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 3:28 PM UTC

At this point we need big names to choose to remove their services in the UK so the government gets the message.

Re: Ofcom fines 4chan £20K and counting for violating UK's Online Safety Act

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Post by nadermx » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 3:29 PM UTC

4chan is fighting them as well.

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/05/when-trolls-take-on-tyra...

Re: Ofcom fines 4chan £20K and counting for violating UK's Online Safety Act

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Post by jsheard » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 3:30 PM UTC

whywhywhywhy wrote: post #3

Good luck in trying to collect it.

I suspect Ofcom knows that 4chan isn't going to comply, they're just going through the motions before deploying the nuclear option of ordering ISPs to block it.