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

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Post by heavyset_go » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 6:54 AM UTC

itake wrote: post #528

EmbarrassedHelp wrote: post #184

Ofcom is currently threatening a Canadian forum that exists to help people with depression. Ofcom claims that geoblocking blocking the UK is "insufficient": > I've also gone back to Ofcom explicitly telling them the UK was now geoblocked (twice now) and I received a response that this was insufficient. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1rk690v/i_ru... Ofcom really thinks that their laws apply gl…

Not saying this is the same, but there are depression forums where the admin / mods promotes and sells “permanent solution” kits. People really should turn to medical professionals and not internet strangers for help. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-c... https://youtu.be/lUsO8ny_Dhg?si=FOPqCS2NKOZBQKg8

> People really should turn to medical professionals and not internet strangers for help.

For your own safety, you are to only discuss your health with NHS certified healthcare providers and no one else. Doing so with others can lead to unprovoked, unsanctioned and dangerous anecdotes, advice and memes. Worse, you might find community and make friends with people who have similar life experiences, which can distract from your state sanctioned treatment plan. This extends to your friends and spouse, they might mean well, but they are not medical professionals.

Your health is your private matter, let's keep it that way!

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

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Post by hdgvhicv » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 6:56 AM UTC

reverius42 wrote: post #580

jwlake wrote: post #402

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anyone owning 4chan should be very anonymous and only operate in a very friendly jurisdiction. Normal websites, no one cares.

Is 4chan much worse than X (or rather, is X much better than 4chan) these days?

The owner of X is more powerful than the owner of 4chan

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

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Post by exe34 » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 6:57 AM UTC

nehal3m wrote: post #591

kulahan wrote: post #583

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Ofcom could do it too if they had like 25 aircraft carriers and 2 of the 3 largest air forces on the planet, the best intel network, the most advanced tools, the backing of a $25T economy, the…

Might makes right I guess.

Picture an astronaut holding a gun: always has been.

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

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Post by slavik81 » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 6:57 AM UTC

andrewflnr wrote: post #577

nemomarx wrote: post #447

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Would the us currently defend Taiwan? I think they might get the chance to just take it, especially if we get another president like Trump in 28.

No idea, honestly. But if I lived in Taiwan I would be shitting bricks.

Taiwan's biggest problem is that the average age is currently ~45 and in 15 years it will be ~55. It's going to be hard to keep the economy going once half the country's retired.

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

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Post by hdgvhicv » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 6:59 AM UTC

dukeyukey wrote: post #455

hunterpayne wrote: post #426

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You forgot the part where they are literally debating if to get rid of jury trials or not because the government didn't hire enough judges.

Worth pointing out the US has similar restrictions already. Why is the UK catching flak for discussing this?

Far right podcasters. The ones cheering people losing jobs and being jailed over quoting the US president

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/no-freedom-of-s...

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

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Post by hdgvhicv » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 7:02 AM UTC

Nursie wrote: post #495

troad wrote: post #366

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> Political speech is very much protected in UK law With "protected political speech" being defined as which flavour of the established, incompetent elite you prefer this year. People have been arrested in the UK for holding blank signs within vicinity of Palestine marches. People have been arrested over protesting Charles' coronation. To say nothing of thousands of people arrested every year over tweets. Political s…

> arrested in the UK for holding blank signs within vicinity of Palestine marches. Got a source on this one? Supporting Palestine in the UK has never been illegal. Supporting the specific group "Palestine Action" has been as they were for a while a proscribed terrorist organisation due to what was (IMHO) some property crimes committed against defense contractors by some of their members. Totally wrong, and has now be…

They were breaking in and damaging US military

The group itself offered training courses on Ho to sabotage the U.K. military

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/palestine-ac...

I wonder what would happen in the US with such a group

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

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Post by halapro » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 7:03 AM UTC

internet2000 wrote: post #25

Let kids go to 4chan. I frequented it and turned out fine.

I did too and have seen unspeakable things. 4chan is much better these days but it's still where neurons go die.

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

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Post by miohtama » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 7:04 AM UTC

heavyset_go wrote: post #592

EmbarrassedHelp wrote: post #184

Ofcom is currently threatening a Canadian forum that exists to help people with depression. Ofcom claims that geoblocking blocking the UK is "insufficient": > I've also gone back to Ofcom explicitly telling them the UK was now geoblocked (twice now) and I received a response that this was insufficient. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1rk690v/i_ru... Ofcom really thinks that their laws apply gl…

These are the "duties" Ofcom is demanding of site owners and operators: - to conduct a suitable and sufficient illegal content risk assessment; - to use proportionate measures to prevent individuals encountering priority illegal content; - to use proportionate systems and processes to minimise the length of time priority illegal content is present; - to swiftly take down illegal content when it becomes aware of it; -…

Guess how one gets "a suitable and sufficient illegal content risk assessment"?

You need to buy it from compliance companies which lobbied for the law in the UK, run by ex regulators.

https://x.com/moo9000/status/1950866445186818209?s=20

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

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Post by Auracle » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 7:05 AM UTC

reverius42 wrote: post #531

k33n wrote: post #487

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> the US fully having its way with them So the Straights of Hormuz are totally reopened, right? Any day now?

It’s pretty damned hard to completely secure any area from a potential attack when all one side needs is a drone.

That’s a pretty specific high bar when we’ve destroyed most of their navy, Air Force, etc, all within a couple of weeks.

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

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Post by hdgvhicv » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 7:06 AM UTC

n3t wrote: post #384

throwawaytea wrote: post #259

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A gf asked to go on a trip to England/Ireland and I told her I will go to Brazil or Colombia before I go to the UK. Im not going to risk getting in trouble because I made a post online or discussed immigration or trans people in the wrong way according to them.

Ireland, in contrast to Northern Ireland, is not part of the UK.

Don’t tell MAGAs, might cause them to cry

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/maga-traveler-dragged-o...