4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches

Post by john_strinlai » Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 5:56 PM UTC

Post by dijit » Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 5:59 PM UTC

OJFord wrote: post #10

rconti wrote: post #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?

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.

Post by shrubble » Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC

ceejayoz wrote: post #7

rconti wrote: post #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?

This is more like the UK fining Parisian bars that courier alcohol to under-18s in the UK .

Post by wnevets » Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 6:01 PM UTC

Post by mapotofu » Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 6:05 PM UTC

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #15

vasco wrote: post #11

People used to tell kids to not go to a shady part of town while they spent their afternoons outside unsupervised. Can parents not tell kids to not go to certain websites? We still went to the shady part of town and the kids will still go to 4chan but at least we don't need to give away freedoms. Such erosion of freedom for the common person because parents can't have an awkward conversation is irritating.

Do you have children?