Thread 1430234

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyjq40vjl7o

> 4chan launches legal action against Ofcom in US

> Lawyers representing controversial online forums 4chan and Kiwi Farms have filed a legal case against the UK Online Safety Act enforcer, Ofcom.

> Their legal complaint filed in a Washington DC Federal Court seeks a legal ban on the UK communications regulator enforcing or attempting to enforce the Online Safety Act against them in the US.

> "American citizens do not surrender our constitutional rights just because Ofcom sends us an e-mail," Preston Byrne of law firm Byrne & Storm said.

> Ofcom told the BBC: "We are aware of this lawsuit. Under the Online Safety Act, any service that has links with the UK now has duties to protect UK users, no matter where in the world it is based."

> A service doesn't have to be based in the UK to be subject to the act, and therefore face action from Ofcom.

> It could be enough for it to have a significant number of UK users, or to have the UK as a target market.

> But 4chan's lawyers want the US court to rule that US business with no presence in the UK are not subject to British legislation.

> The also want it to declare that the Online Safety Act is at odds with the US constitution's free speech protections.

> Lawyers for online message board 4chan recently told the BBC that Ofcom had provisionally decided to impose a £20,000 fine "with daily penalties thereafter" for failing to comply with two requests for information.

> Ofcom alleges 4chan has not complied with the act with respect to the requests for information, but has not confirmed the provisional fine.

> It has also stated that it continues to investigate 4chan over whether it is complying with Online Safety Act duties to protect its users from illegal content.

>>1430234 (OP)

> The US legal case is being brought on behalf of 4Chan Community Support LLC, and Lolcow LLC, the corporate entities behind 4chan and online forum, Kiwi Farms.

> 4chan has often been at the heart of online controversies in its 22 years, including misogynistic campaigns and conspiracy theories.

> Users of Kiwi Farms have previously been linked to a number of serious incidents of harassment and trolling.

> Both sites operate "fully in compliance" with US laws, the legal complaint says.

> According to the filing, Ofcom has written twice to Kiwi Farms, beginning with a March letter telling it to comply with Online Safety Act duties requiring it to "carry out an illegal content risk assessment" and submit the record of that assessment to Ofcom by 17 April 2025.

> 'No authority'

> The legal complaint alleges that Ofcom uses its powers under the Online Safety Act to threaten to impose "ruinous civil penalties and referrals to law enforcement for criminal penalties, including arrest and imprisonment" to American citizens and businesses if its orders are not obeyed.

> It seeks to "restrain Ofcom's conduct and its continuing egregious violations of Americans' civil rights, including, without limitation, to the right of freedom of speech".

> Ronald Coleman of the Coleman Law Firm, which is also acting for the plaintiffs 4chan and Kiwi Farms, said his clients were defending "the free speech rights of every American."

> "We have asked the Court to confirm that Ofcom has no authority to impose or enforce unconstitutional UK laws on American soil."

> Among the actions the legal case seeks the court to take are:

> A declaration that Ofcom's orders and demands are unenforceable in the US as they are inconsistent with the First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments to the US Constitution, relevant US legislation and public policy.

> A permanent injunction prohibiting Ofcom from enforcing or attempting to enforce the Online Safety Act against the plaintiffs in the US.

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I posted about this last. Nobody cared enough to reply >>1429118

I hope the US slaps the absolute fucking life out of the UK for this. I mean total and utter humiliation and destruction. Just absolutely BTFOs the UK and shows it to the rest of the world to be a pathetic, useless, cowardly, spineless little gimp who has no teeth and can be pushed over by a gust of wind. And then the UK just collapses under it's own insane orwellian 1984 shit.

God I fucking hate that toothless, smarmy cunt shit hole island so fucking much, the Brits walk around with their nose in the air permanently thinking they're above everyone else just because thwy act like they're above everyone else, completely unaware of their own stupidity, cowardice and autistic rule following behaviours.

>Byrne and Storm

you cannot make that shit up.

>>1430279
Is this court case really not being talked about anywhere? Where's the spirit of britbongs fighting for the site? Is this a shadow entity calling themselves "4chan" starting this case or is it part of the admin team? Who the fuck is Moot?

Instead of having the government parent your child for you, “protecting” little timmy from jelking all his baincells into a sock before he turns 18, fucking do it yourself, educate yourself on how to add firewall rules to block harmful sites OR better yet, realise that little timmy doesnt need a iphone 69420-cuck-yourself or whatever number they’re on now, all they need is some competent parenting.

This bill to protect the children, stop the terrorists & save the puppies is utterly horseshit and the left wing tit suckling teethless bimbos over here dont fucking understand the implications of it.

If you have to show your id just to access information online, anonymity & privacy goes out the fucking window.

We have no news coverage about this situation in the UK, yet 24/7 coverage about a country full of kikes.

so 4chan is going to save the internet ?

lmao

Jesus christ, OP, stop reddit spacing

>>1430606
Ain't my fault, it's the formatting of the article.

>>1430471
This. Just don't give internet connected devices to children

Britbongs have such slave mentalities. Even commie Chinese have more spine. Trolling Ofcom until they break shouldn't be that hard.

>>1430535
Everyone, we are the saviours

Did anyone from the BBC (et al) bother to swing by 4chan and, you know, actually talk to any of us? Or did they just default to the "4chan is a cesspool of extremism" meme?