Thread 518858566

How are we going to pay the fine, bros?

LONDON — The provider of online message board 4chan has been fined £20,000 by the U.K.'s communications regulator Ofcom for failing to respond to requests for information about its compliance with the Online Safety Act.

Ofcom will also impose a daily penalty of £100, starting from Tuesday, for either 60 days or until 4chan provides it with the relevant information, whichever is sooner.

Suzanne Cater, Director of Enforcement at Ofcom, said: “Today sends a clear message that any service which flagrantly fails to engage with Ofcom and their duties under the Online Safety Act can expect to face robust enforcement action.

>>518858566 (OP)
does japan have an extradition treaty with UK? would be funny if UK jailed gookmoot.

Pass users areing paying the UK gov now.

>>518858566 (OP)
The situation is absurd. Shouldn't it be up to UK to fix their internet, if they don't want you? Just randomly assign fines instead

>>518858567
gookmoot lives in france

>>518858566 (OP)
you omitted the response by 4chan's lawyer where they said that they would be paying this fine "when pigs fly" and noted that OFCOM has not responded to their upcoming US court challenge

>>518858570
so the bobbies can just take the train to pick him up?

And what are they gonna do to enforce it? reinstate the global empire?

>>518858566 (OP)
Pretty sure the same was tried with The Pirate Bay (back when it was still run by the founders) several times, obviously it never leads anywhere.

>>518858573
Pass users about to get banned 20-50% more often kek gotta raise funds somehow

Isnt 4chan/kf literally in the process of suing ofcom right now? Last I checked they had been physically served papers

>>518858566 (OP)
They'll keep ignoring fine and everything that comes next.

>>518858572
Another mad lad held at spoon point.

Retard Island up to its usual impotent nonsense.

can you imagine being as retarded as these retarded euros, and telling an american website that it must do something? lol.

I miss when the internet was mostly just USA and Japan.
Time to go back to that.

>>518858566 (OP)
>UK
lol lmao

>>518858566 (OP)
ignore them at yur peril.
I can't imagine the amount of letters they'll be sending for £20,000. Should write back and ask them 'how much that is in Real Money?'

>>518858582
This.

>>518858566 (OP)
4chan operates on US soil. UK fines aren't real.

Didn't this happen months ago? What's with the spam? 4chan will obviously not pay anything because 4chan does not operate a business in the UK, so they have no legal jurisdiction on what 4chan does and their laws do not apply beyond their own borders.

>>518858572
Nah, the bongs quit the EU years ago so now they're just another random country.

>>518858577
they are, and they will win:
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/05/when-trolls-take-on-tyrants-4chan-and-kiwi-farms-sue-the-uk-over-extraterritorial-censorship/

>>518858574
maritally nak4d4sh1 marin

>>518858566 (OP)
god i fucking hate my government

>>518858566 (OP)
Bugger off little islanders, we are not subject to your Bolshevik tyranny's jurisdiction.

as a brit, i hope 4chan does nothing about this and people realise the osa is a pile of bollocks

>Be me, small island country
>Need to make money fast
>Create new local law
>Fine every company outside of my country who doesn't obey my new law
You have to respect the hustle

>However, 4chan has said it will refuse to pay the fine, which its lawyers described as “risible”.
>Preston Byrne, managing partner of law firm Byrne & Storm, said: “That Americans don’t obey British censors is a matter of settled US law.
>“Maybe instead of sending my clients stupid letters, they should think about answering the lawsuit we filed against them in DC federal court.”
>It comes after 4chan and fellow online forum Kiwi Farms filed a lawsuit against Ofcom in August seeking a ban on the regulator enforcing the Online Safety Act against American companies.
Gookmoot is pretty based ngl

>>518858566 (OP)
Are 4chan servers located inside of United Kingdom or something?
Are we going to start getting fines for not having our TV license when we're in different countries?

>>518858566 (OP)
The government know the fine is unenforceable so it's a prelude to them using it as an excuse to ISP ban the board. As a bong, I relish the chance to be free of this website I've been posting on for 20 years but at the same time fuck them.

>4chan's country of origin is the
United States, but it was inspired by and is a derivative of the Japanese imageboard 2channel. Christopher "moot" Poole, an American entrepreneur, founded 4chan in 2003, and it is based on the Japanese Futaba Channel (2chan), notes Wikipedia.

if the US government does not step in and tell them to fuck off this nation is over ofcom is a purely UK entity the US would be foolish to just let them come in and walk all over the place

>>518858574
UK is an Indian province now

>>518858599
The UK Governemnt cga flying about 'banning 4chan' - if they did, they would just ban it.

>>518858584
>Law and order!!
>NOOOOOO DON'T AUDIT MY TAXES AND PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS I DON'T WANT TO PAY I HAVE THE RIGHTS TO NOT PAY

>>518858566 (OP)
People should sue UK for letting sandniggers rape children there.

>>518858566 (OP)
>UK
literally who?

they're running tests

https://metro.co.uk/2025/10/13/internet-millions-people-broadband-outage-hits-multiple-providers-24415327/

>>518858566 (OP)
maybe just block the UK from ccessing 4chan
it's not like we'd miss them

>>518858566 (OP)
Simple: charge every Brit poster £100 for a 4chan loicense.

>>518858607
i'd miss bongs

>>518858598
I tried to buy some BBC series about steam engines on DVD once.
They blocked me because I wasn't in the UK.
Guess you need a loicense to buy a DVD.

Ended up pirating it instead, obviously.

>>518858609
ok bong.

the only decent things bongs have ever produced and even thats mostly cause it showed me how insanely hot billie piper is

>>518858589
Quite literally the reason the UK went to shit btw. Their 'evil EU overlords' turn out to actually have been the tard wranglers keeping the sordid bunch of washed-up fuck-ups in UK politics in check, limiting the reach of their stupidity. But since the UK broke from the EU they've been able to swing free and become totally unhinged.

I'm surprised this site is still online desu

>>518858572
my sides I remember

>>518858603
What is this limey trying to say? That the government is owed something because I have a screen in my house?

>>518858616
you have to understand the mind of the average bong
they have now gone a full generation of knowing nothing but human rights abuses and their only response to any of them is "well... why wouldn't the government have my best interest in mind??????????? i voted for this!!!!"

>>518858566 (OP)
20 grand? I was promised a fine of £18 million

Where is the money?

>>518858603
Lad don't defend the fucking TV license bullshit. Not even the Japs roll over like that.

>>518858588
>Didn't this happen months ago?
They "threatened" to and now they've "officially" published it but this just like that carry the same weight to an American company IE none at all

>>518858619
Japs has the same shit

guys i figured it out: if every member of 4chan contributes a penny, we can pay this off AND pay for posting licenses for yewkay residents

>>518858621
Yeah and they have a damn party that's against it. Minor though it may be. I wish we had enough of a spine.

>>518858610
One of the reasons I have ever used tor was just to watch a geo blocked youtube clip that the BBC blocked in america. They are really fucking stupid over there

>>518858584
>programmes
oh, so that's where the poos got it from

>>518858621
Least in America we can watch comfy NHK World for free and they don't do stupid copyright blocks.

If the UK orders ISPs to block this site and I have to visit via a VPN, I would likely need a pass to post. Would I be able to buy a pass if I'm visiting via VPN, or do I need to get one before that point?

>>518858622
Sorry, I only have a cumsock to contribute?

>>518858627
>If the UK orders ISPs to block this site and I have to visit via a VPN, I would likely need a pass to post. Would I be able to buy a pass if I'm visiting via VPN, or do I need to get one before that point?
Nah you're not actually blocked from viewing or interacting with the site, just posting.

>>518858629
Excellent, thanks

>>518858627
>If the UK orders ISPs to block this site
They haven't blocked Kiwifarms yet so

you have to remember, OfCom is just a company. Sure, they're a company under the employ of the UK Government, but they ultimately carry zero real legal authority to force people to do anything, they have to appeal to the UK Government for that. Right now, I think Keir Starm Il is more concerned about being deposed.

>>518858630
Go get on a free VPN right now, you can find a few on /g/. Just test it out, browse the site, and see what features are broke.

>>518858610
>>518858624
Not to defend the Loicense bs, but not even the BBC can just YOLO international media rights. They may have sold the programme, inclusive ALL rights (DVD, streaming, etc) in that territory to a foreign broadcaster. And I'd imagine it wasn't them responsible for the idea of region limiting DVDs either. I saf wouldn't be selling DVDs to dumb Burgers who'd then be too stupid to understand why Region 2's don't work for them and be demanding refuns.

>>518858633
this and also how they region block youtube videos so no one can watch them. https://polsy.org.uk/stuff/ytrestrict.cgi is handy for checking that sort of thing.

>>518858631
Yeah OfCom can't do much on their own but if they request the gov to demand ISPs block certain sites the ISPs will rush to do so.
>>518858632
I actually have Proton so I will do it through that, just not right now as I'm not certain how the MMO I play feels about VPNs and/or me suddenly jumping to a very different IP address.

>>518858633
Yeah but I've seen it block shit on youtube that doesn't even have american rights before.

>>518858633
maybe mi5 shouldn't have killed Charlie Kirk.

>>518858566 (OP)
>robust enforcement action.
fucking kek
what an extremely embarrassing time to be british

>>518858637
i think you meant 6 not 5.

>>518858639
mi6 is just fat women.

>>518858607
Why would it be on 4chan to block UK users? If their government cared so much, they should be the ones putting in effort to block the site. Instead, they send scary letters to try and get gibs for "noncompliance".

>>518858597
KF should cease existing

>>518858566 (OP)
>>518858596
>>518858597
Did the UK forget about 1776 already?

how else are they going to fund the nhs? giving free sex change surgeries worked out well

>>518858566 (OP)
There should be a requirement for proof of education, employment or training before you can post here. Bored NEETs make a fair share of all spammers on 4chin.

>>518858644
assisted suicide, sell the organs to the triad

>>518858635
>Yeah OfCom can't do much on their own but if they request the gov to demand ISPs block certain sites the ISPs will rush to do so.
I seriously doubt ISPs will comply immediately, they're hesitating to do it now for sites they didn't already have blocked like porn sites.

It may take like 8ish months, Ofcom is still under this impression that the Parliament will be extraditing US citizens based on their authority.

>>518858643
They didn't forget, this is another attempt to use the US' current weakness with a tinpot dictator to exert monetary and authoritative control over the United States.
Notice, they only started doing this when he was elected. FiveEyes, the spying program that is supposed to benefit only the US, works both ways. UK can spy on US Citizens and anyone in our country if there are not stopgaps and huge oversight in place to prevent them from rubber stamping any request. It's supposed to only work one way because our spying network is way, way, way, way bigger than the UK's ever was.

Or was, until pic related dismantled it and shut down the government. This entire OFcom bullshit is them thinking they can leverage this network to enforce UK law in the US using our own ineptitude at counterspying against us. Our only recourse is literally civil court which is toothless in comparison to a codified spy network that's unconstitutional anyway.

>>518858597
I doubt gookmoot even knows.
The lawyers are well aware that Ofcom is not a government agency and has zero authority to tell an American company what to do.

>>518858631
kiwifarms is blocking the UK. When the block went down for a few minutes because of an update OfCunts immediately sent them more threats. They''ll 100% cry that the site must be blocked

>>518858650
I think thats' more proof they'll never block it.

>>518858643
Apparently they did. I want the decision rendered next year, on July 4th, just to rub it in. Cheers to 250 years of telling the UK to go to hell!

>>518858566 (OP)
Laughable joke of a country england is.

Fun fact: 4Chan Jannies and Owners are now severly limited in their international travel. UK is a major hub for international travel.

>>518858584
Imagine having to pay $26 a month just to exist in Britbongistan. And that's JUST for owning a screen, not even the end of it. What a vile, evil, repugnant country.

>>518858655
peak lib brain

Ohio is threatening to sue many adult websites that refuse to comply with the newly passed age verification law or geo-block, which was signed into state legislation. Meaning someone could tip off the Ohio attorney general's office and tell them 4chan is not being compliant...because technically it is US law, while not federal, 4chan is still a US based company and must comply with state law requests or lawful orders. Meaning Ohio anons can realistically lose ISP access through a forced block or require ID for 4chan shit posting

https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/ohio/ohio-porn-sites-age-verification-law-yost-warnings/512-68e9ab2e-7f3d-45b1-9aa5-dfd29c44bff5

>>518858658
Only in Ohio

>>518858656
you're paying for content not owning a screen. you can have a crt monitor and a megadrive and they can't do shit. the moment you hook it up to a device that can receive tv signals (freeview/freesat box) or apps then they can come in and do something.

>>518858619
Germanys tv licence is mandatory

>>518858633
Hes just bragging about piracy, I don't get it. Piracy is normal why do they have to say that they do it

>>518858619
You do realise they have no way of actually proving you're watching tv. All they can do is go around with a detector van, then send their goons to harass anyone who appears to be receiving a signal, or send you threatening letters with "fines" that would never hold up in court. They are not police and they do not have a Crown Court warrant. You are under no legal obligation to let them in, show them any equipment you have or explain what you're doing.
The worst they can do is ask the actual police to pay you a visit, but if the police answered every one of those calls they would all be working double shifts. By the time it escalates to issuing a warrant to search your house you will be older and wiser, realise tv is all slop and start looking for torrents of classic films instead.

>>518858660
So if I used a Roku for Plex streaming from my own server I'd still have to pay the loicense fee?

>>518858664
since roku can stream tv content then they'll do their mandatory penis inspection to see if you're using that, you can just ignore or show them that you aren't streaming tv and only illegal korean cartoons, they'll instead lock you up for looking at lolis

>>518858595
As another Brit, second.

>>518858656
jews did this.

>>518858633
You can buy South African shows from anywhere across the globe by just emailing the broadcaster. Even old shows that aren't on DVD. They'd happily soend weeks making digital copies for you all at stupid cheap prices too.

The BBC is fucking retarded along with UK leadership.

>>518858566 (OP)
It's peanuts for Mossad, dumb goy

>>518858661

i have seen berlin tv tower and then nothing that resembles tv

>>518858566 (OP)
not many wrinkles in the ol' noggin, eh?

>>518858566 (OP)
The UK cannot fine a company that is entirely within the USA.
Tell Starmer to cram it up his ass. His only option is to cut the UK off from the Internet.

>>518858566 (OP)
I demand that the get fucked letters be published and of increasing kekitude.

>>518858584
>pay us to watch TV or we'll barge in on Christmas, chud
Why is that a thing?

>>518858853
>that is entirely within the USA.
It's using Cloudflare, which is everywhere.

>>518858566 (OP)
ofcom can choke on a fat dick

>>518859053
It's not like McDonalds, it's not a franchise

>>518858566 (OP)
Just ignore them. Or even better send them a funny little "prank" package

>>518859053
Sure. Go after the other US based company that they're additionally dependent on for their own internet infrastructure. That seems like a good idea. Lol

>>518859021
they're demons

>>518859279
>dependent on for their own internet infrastructure
That's not how it works.

>>518858581
>american website
Lmao

>>518859021
There is no advertising on BBC. I am not defending anybody here. It's just the little tidbit that most people omit.

>>518859772
>There is no advertising on BBC.
Eh, I'm not going to disable my ad/js blockers just to check, but just inspecting the network pulls on when visiting bbc.com tried to get adsbygoogle.js

>>518859983
forgot the image.

>>518860060
That's not broadcast television. That's the internet and stuff.