News 4chan tells uk ofcom to gf themselves

[INever]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq68j5g2nr1o


4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC
Published
22 August 2025

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A lawyer representing the online message board 4chan says it won't pay a proposed fine by the UK's media regulator as it enforces the Online Safety Act.

According to Preston Byrne, managing partner of law firm Byrne & Storm, Ofcom has provisionally decided to impose a £20,000 fine "with daily penalties thereafter" for as long as the site fails to comply with its request.

"Ofcom's notices create no legal obligations in the United States," he told the BBC, adding he believed the regulator's investigation was part of an "illegal campaign of harassment" against US tech firms.

Ofcom has declined to comment while its investigation continues.

[NatalieK]

Do you think, if Ofcom fails to achieve fining 4chan, the whole AVS would be dropped or would Ofcom probably continue to go for after the smaller business & British companies?

I think most of the British porn sites, as most of us all here have complied, so it's just been extra work & nothing changed in regards to stopping porn seen on the web.

From the start I believed this would only hit the British owned websites & sadly these sites have all complied as we all have!


All this crap & no AVS has stopping porn or individuals looking at porn

[INever]

yes. sad how easily most comply.