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

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

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Post by gadders » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 4:08 PM UTC

I think the end state of this will be when Trump links prosecutions like this to tariff deals, and Kier Starmer will have to choose between mean words on the internet or further damage to an economy in already bad shape.

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

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Post by bfkwlfkjf » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 4:08 PM UTC

Do members of parliament also need to provide their IDs when they want to jerk off?

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

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Post by observationist » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 4:11 PM UTC

gadders wrote: post #21

I think the end state of this will be when Trump links prosecutions like this to tariff deals, and Kier Starmer will have to choose between mean words on the internet or further damage to an economy in already bad shape.

Starmer doesn't have very long, and he seems to be trying to accelerate his relocation out of government.

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

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Post by sunaookami » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 4:12 PM UTC

DataDaemon wrote: post #19

poor Brits

Every country gets the government it deserves.

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

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Post by ashanoko » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 4:13 PM UTC

jerjerjer wrote: post #7

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

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

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Post by arghwhat » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 4:13 PM UTC

kulahan wrote: post #12

jerjerjer wrote: post #7

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

I assume it's mostly symbolic and/or serving some greater legal purpose.

Threatening with prison or a fine of double digit millions of pounds doesn't seem very symbolic.

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

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Post by ashanoko » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 4:14 PM UTC

Culonavirus wrote: post #17

Ofcom can go of itself.

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

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Post by ceayo » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 4:15 PM UTC

sunaookami wrote: post #24

DataDaemon wrote: post #19

poor Brits

Every country gets the government it deserves.

the problem is this is affecting people outside of the UK too...

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

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Post by ceayo » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 4:16 PM UTC

encom wrote: post #14

What a colossal waste of time. At this point, just unplug the undersea cables, and turn the UK into a big intranet. It's clearly what Ofcom wants.

Maybe they can take some inspiration from North-Korea, I heard their intranet is great!

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

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Post by rob_c » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 4:16 PM UTC

bfkwlfkjf wrote: post #22

Do members of parliament also need to provide their IDs when they want to jerk off?

Under the UK goodness knows in principle yes but they have a protected status in terms of id and tax history (I, wish I was joking) which makes it problematic enough to even discuss...