4chan has been fined $758,223.20 by OFCOM.

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• ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  They’ll pay in rare pepe cards…

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• artyom@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I can’t see any of these links. Care to explain?

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  • lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    For backstory check this BBC link (notice the date). In a nutshell:

    • UK’s Office of Communications (Ofcom) demands 4chan to comply with UK’s Online Safety Act.
    • 4chan refuses because it’s hosted in USA, it has no assets in UK, and acc. to its lawyer (Preston Byrne, the guy from the tweets) it broke no law in USA.
    • Ofcom insists. And fines 4chan. And expects 4chan to pay the fine.
    • Ofcom asks “where’s the payment?”. Byrne answers it with the picture of an oversized hamster, clearly mocking the entity.

    Present time: Ofcom is trying again. Byrne sends it even more pictures of oversized hamsters.

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Thank you. Why are they bothering? Do they think they can just intimidate orgs into compliance?

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• MrSulu@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Just wait. Shortly, they’ll send a stronly worded letter! We Brits take our time, but remain politely insistent

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