4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
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#2a lawyer representing the company - which has previously said it won't pay such fines - has responded to the demand with an AI-generated cartoon image of a hamster.
Re: 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
#34chan is still a thing? I thought it died long ago. Perhaps I grew up.
Re: 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
#4> "Companies – wherever they're based – are not allowed to sell unsafe toys to children in the UK. And society has long protected youngsters from things like alcohol, smoking and gambling. The digital world should be no different," she said.
So the UK plans to fine Parisian bars that serve alcohol to British under-18s in France on holiday?
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#54chan's lawyer's response:
"In the only country in which 4chan operates, the United States, it is breaking no law and indeed its conduct is expressly protected by the First Amendment."[0]
Re: 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
#6It does seem like if the UK wants to do content filtration (blocking noncompliant websites) they will need to own up to it and set up a China-style firewall, rather than hoping they can badger the service providers into doing it for them.
Re: 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
#7> "Companies – wherever they're based – are not allowed to sell unsafe toys to children in the UK. And society has long protected youngsters from things like alcohol, smoking and gambling. The digital world should be no different," she said. So the UK plans to fine Parisian bars that serve alcohol to British under-18s in France on holiday?
This is more like the UK fining Parisian bars that courier alcohol to under-18s in the UK.
Re: 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
#8It does seem like if the UK wants to do content filtration (blocking noncompliant websites) they will need to own up to it and set up a China-style firewall, rather than hoping they can badger the service providers into doing it for them.
Yes, this is part of the consent manufacturing process.
Re: 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
#9> "Companies – wherever they're based – are not allowed to sell unsafe toys to children in the UK. And society has long protected youngsters from things like alcohol, smoking and gambling. The digital world should be no different," she said. So the UK plans to fine Parisian bars that serve alcohol to British under-18s in France on holiday?
This is more like the UK fining Parisian bars that courier alcohol to under-18s in the UK .
Which is equally absurd.
Re: 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
#10> "Companies – wherever they're based – are not allowed to sell unsafe toys to children in the UK. And society has long protected youngsters from things like alcohol, smoking and gambling. The digital world should be no different," she said. So the UK plans to fine Parisian bars that serve alcohol to British under-18s in France on holiday?
In theory the children are committing a crime yes, but obviously enforcement is extremely low; left mainly to their teachers.
I don't think UK law governs foreign companies' overseas operations based on the nationality of the customer though, no.