Somehow I feel like Ofcom and 4chan deserve each other.
Investigation into 4chan and its compliance with duties to protect its users
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe they will say British citizens use it in foreign countries as their loophole. I don’t agree with it and I’m not a lawyer but I’m just predicting their argument.
Okay, but that's still not 4chan's problem. A company with no nexus in the UK has no reason to care about UK law in any way, shape, or form.
According to their Advertise page, UK is 7% of their audience. Their reaction looks like they care.
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#33Disgusting. If I access 4chan only through tor, will I be safe from these tirants?
It's been a long time since I've had anything to do with 4chan but I believe Tor was blocked because of how often it was used to post illegal (in the US) content.
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#354chan will win, american techbros will celebrate, then in a year the US will pass some sort of KYC. Surveillance is inevitable.
genuine question: what is a "KYC"?
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#36USA 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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"f-elon"? Was he convicted of something?
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
> they tell ISPs to block it Seems likely. And then that won't work, and they'll tell ISPs to block VPN traffic too.
ISPs blocking it will mostly work, I think. Most people can't be bothered with a VPN so if 4chan is inaccessible they'll just read/watch something else instead.
I think you severely underestimate the tech savviness and community-seeking of 4chan users. They'll figure it out.
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#38Why 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 do accept money from UK citizens, you can buy a 4chan pass to skip the captcha. I've done so in the past.
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#404chan will win, american techbros will celebrate, then in a year the US will pass some sort of KYC. Surveillance is inevitable.
genuine question: what is a "KYC"?