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

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

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Post by john_strinlai »

SkyeCA wrote: post #435
john_strinlai wrote: post #85

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there is a great clickhole headline that your comment reminds me of "Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point" 4chan has produced some hilarious/interesting stuff, and they have also driven people to suicide. i suppose it is up to everyone individually to make the value judgement there.

> and they have also driven people to suicide As has Reddit, Facebook, etc. Bad things occasionally happening on a platform doesn't make the platform/site inherently bad.

weird combination of "what about" and misinterpreting my comment.

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

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Post by Bender »

sedatk wrote: post #410

Is 4Chan still accessible from the US states with age verification laws? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_age_verification_...

I am in a state with age verification nonsense and I can access if I process Cloudflares javascript.

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

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Post by john_strinlai »

simianparrot wrote: post #725
john_strinlai wrote: post #85

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there is a great clickhole headline that your comment reminds me of "Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point" 4chan has produced some hilarious/interesting stuff, and they have also driven people to suicide. i suppose it is up to everyone individually to make the value judgement there.

Societies drive people to suicide in general. Families also do. I don't think the solution is to make the world a padded room.

>I don't think the solution is to make the world a padded room.

..neither do i?

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

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Post by pc86 »

wongarsu wrote: post #669
nslsm wrote: post #636

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As much as I dislike the results of that, the opposite would be worse.

The rule of law is worse than might makes right? Or what do you perceive as the opposite of "might makes right?"

What is stopping you from breaking a given law if there is zero chance you'll be jailed or killed for doing so?

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

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Post by pydry »

nozzlegear wrote: post #473
fc417fc802 wrote: post #433

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I don't personally like their government but at this point they certainly have the appearance of long term social and political stability. More than most western countries for the time being.

> they certainly have the appearance of long term social and political stability You could've said that exact same thing about the US just 10 years ago when Obama was president.

The only real difference between Obama's foreign adventures in Libya and Trump's in Iran was that Obama lied to the security council to get their approval first.

Trump isnt all that different in character to previous administrations he just takes bigger risks and doesnt bother with the mask.

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Post by pc86 »

jopsen wrote: post #787
pwdisswordfishy wrote: post #568

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> Ofcom really thinks that their laws apply globally. How silly of them. Obviously, only the US jurisdiction can do that.

Well, someone operating a business refusing to pay fines in the UK might want to avoid traveling to the UK. Not a big loss, but something to keep in mind. There is a risk the UK has long memory.

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Post by pydry »

ungreased0675 wrote: post #490
fc417fc802 wrote: post #433

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I don't personally like their government but at this point they certainly have the appearance of long term social and political stability. More than most western countries for the time being.

China has a host of factors that make their current system very fragile. I doubt they make it five more years before turbulence hits.

Been hearing that said repeatedly since 1989.

I've never once heard it from somebody who correctly anticipated China's rise though. The imminent collapse story just quietly changes every 5 years or so.

If the US has an imperial rival one thing you can almost guarantee is that the predictions of economic collapse will be as frequent as they are absurdly overblown and as always, This Time It's Different.

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

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Post by pc86 »

ndsipa_pomu wrote: post #672
solid_fuel wrote: post #630

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Good news/bad news, our current leaders are far too incompetent to successfully plan and execute a regime change operation. Bad news is they're stupid enough to try anyway and have a lot of weapons.

Which regime is trying to be changed though? The backlash to starting a war for no credible reason and tanking the world economy along with increased fuel prices could conceivably force a regime change in the USA.

The US regime is changing with the next presidential election regardless of the outcome (or lack thereof) of this war. Short of a nuclear exchange or China invading Taiwan or San Francisco, nothing is changing that.
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