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4chan fined $26K for refusing to assess risks under UK Online Safety Act (arstechnica.com)
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If 4chan continues to ignore Ofcom, the forum could be blocked in the UK. And 4chan could face even bigger fines totaling about $23 million or 10 percent of 4chan’s worldwide turnover, whichever is higher. 4chan also faces potential arrest and/or "imprisonment for a term of up to two years," the lawsuit said.

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[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Extort, you mean. The law threatens them with abduction and being held in captivity.

[–] lumen@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What? No it doesn’t, not as long as the people responsible don’t step foot in the UK.

If they do - yes they’ll be arrested for having broken UK law.

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I guess thats not a threat? Not sure what else youd classify that as. "If you step on our turf you're going to be jailed" is just peaceful language haha

[–] echodot@feddit.uk -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You have to obey the law of whatever country you are currently occupying, even if the rule is bad shit crazy, actually especially if the rule is bat shit crazy. There are plenty of people who have done nothing wrong who would be arrested if they step foot in China, but that doesn't really bother anyone because they don't step foot in China.

Also it would be interesting to see what they would even be charged with, since offcom don't really have authority to issue arrest warrants. Ofcom barely have the authority to enforce UK law in the UK. Otherwise the likes of GB news wouldn't exist.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

You have to obey the law of whatever country you are currently occupying.

They're not "occupying" or even operating here. all the servers have been in Texas since 2008. The British gov are attempting to legislate feature implementations for companies that aren't operating in britain. it's ridiculous.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 20 hours ago

Apparently they are operating in the UK though apparently they are selling some kind of pro service, so they are operating in the UK. To be clear it's a stupid law, but it is the law.