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until UK 4chan ban
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/4chan-ban-uk-fine-online-safety-act-b2845043.html

>>519182677 (OP)
Can you link the previous days you made this?

>>519182677 (OP)
wew

>>519182677 (OP)

we've been let down before

>>519182677 (OP)
I thought they were banning it a month ago?

No one cares, and no one will until vpns themselves are banned.

>>519182677 (OP)
Can you explain what the story of that tv show is

What’s happening recently

Online Safety Act (OSA)

The UK passed the Online Safety Act in 2023, and it came into fuller force around April–July 2025.
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The law gives Ofcom (the UK communications regulator) powers to require platforms accessible in the UK to comply with rules around removing illegal content, assessing risks, keeping records, etc.

Investigation into 4chan

In June 2025, Ofcom launched an investigation into 4chan (among other platforms) to see if it was complying with the OSA. They had complaints about illegal content, including child sexual abuse material, and whether 4chan was doing what the law requires: risk assessments, responding to statutory information requests, etc.

In August, Ofcom issued a provisional notice of contravention to 4chan for failing to comply with certain requests (for information).
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Legal pushback from 4chan

4chan, along with Kiwi Farms, filed a lawsuit in a U.S. court arguing that Ofcom is overreaching and that this law violates U.S. constitutional protections (particularly free speech under the First Amendment) since 4chan is U.S.-based and has no formal establishment in the UK.

4chan has also explicitly refused to comply with certain of Ofcom’s requests (for example, risk assessment documents and “qualifying worldwide revenue”) alleging that such compliance would violate its rights.

Fines & enforcement

Ofcom has now fined 4chan £20,000 for failing to provide required information.

In addition to the flat fine, Ofcom is imposing a daily penalty of £100 per day, for up to 60 days (or until compliance).

If 4chan doesn’t comply, additional enforcement measures are possible—including potentially blocking access in the UK.

Government support

The UK government (Starmer’s administration) is backing Ofcom’s enforcement. For example, the Technology Minister Liz Kendall has publicly supported the fines and emphasized the law’s purpose.

>>519182677 (OP)
im not proud so i'll ask: what is the source of op pic? i keep noticing that some variant keeps being used in threads here.

>>519182848
Why 4chan is on the UK government’s radar

There are a few overlapping reasons:

The Online Safety Act aims to cover “platforms accessible by UK users”

The law is built to not only cover UK-based services but pretty much any service that is accessible to UK users and has significant risks of illegal or harmful content. 4chan qualifies under those criteria.

History of problematic content

4chan is widely known to host or be used to spread extremist content, hate speech, conspiracy theories, content that incites violence, and other kinds of harmful or borderline-illegal content. That makes it one of the more obvious targets under a law which is specifically meant to reduce exposure to illegal content and protect children or vulnerable users.

Regulatory precedent and credibility

The government wants to show they can enforce the OSA. Targeting high-profile controversial platforms like 4chan (which have been relatively untouchable historically) helps show that the law isn’t just symbolic. It builds credibility that the new rules will be enforced.

Protecting minors / public safety concerns

The law has many provisions aimed at protecting children from harm. Because 4chan has been alleged to have content that could be harmful to minors, and because anonymous platforms often complicate moderation, it becomes a target when there are complaints.

Legal and jurisdictional tensions

There is a tension: Ofcom’s applying UK law to foreign‐based platforms. The government is testing the boundaries of what jurisdiction they can exercise over non-UK companies whose services are accessed in the UK. 4chan and its legal teams are pushing back strongly. This is something governments everywhere are wrestling with as the internet is global but laws are national.

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Key issues / tensions

Extraterritorial jurisdiction: Can the UK, via Ofcom, enforce this law against an American company with no UK base? 4chan is arguing “no” (or at least that UK regulation is overreaching).
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Free speech vs safety: The balancing act between preventing harm (illegal content, child protection, abuse, etc.) and preserving freedom of speech / expression. 4chan’s position is that many of the rules risk infringing on free speech, including speech protected under U.S. law.
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Practical enforcement: Even if fines are levied, how enforceable are they if the company refuses to cooperate, or has no assets in the UK, or can avoid access via VPNs, mirror sites, etc.? There’s a question of how impactful these regulatory tools are in practice.

Why the Starmer government wants this

Part of governing in the “digital age” includes dealing with harmful content and online risks. There is growing public concern about how platforms allow or fail to prevent abuse, harassment, extremism, self-harm content, etc. The OSA is a major plank of addressing that.

Politically, taking action is less risky than being seen as ignoring harms online. It aligns with broader regulatory trends (EU’s Digital Services Act, etc.) and gives the government regulatory tools they previously lacked.

It helps show they are being tough on online harms, which can win cross-party and public support, especially concerning child safety and extremism.

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>>519182677 (OP)
;(

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>>519182783
They could have. The UK rule says 4chan needs to provide web and user data to prove it is conforming with Ofcom rules about illegal content on its platform. Many thought 4chan would stop operating in the UK instead of following these rules but 4chan instead decided to ignore the rule and fines rather than shutdown or provide data.

If 4chan continues to not provide data and not pay fines, it will get shut down in the UK.

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>>519190223
>shutdown
you mean blocked? It's really hard to actually shut down a website. I don't know what China had to go through to takedown liveleak but it was probably a super absurd contract where everyone involved couldn't ever host a web site again and all servers where turned over to china, no one was allowed inside with a flash drive a month before contract signing, etc... shit like that.
Because they would want to scoop it up cleanly and burn it.
The UK government doesn't hold the power to take down a website. The could probably lobby France and maybe even the entire EU to block access to it. One of the more schizo conspiracies and there are anons who defend it adamantly is that 4chan was purchased by shell company owned by the US Federal Government. They are aware of shutting the place down would just create more chans so it's easier to control one and give it some freedom than allow it to spread like a virus.
If you consider the actual content on here it's pretty hard to believe that this place would be allowed to be hosted in any place owned by zog unless zog had some reason.

>>519182677 (OP)
My dick gets a little harder each day we get closer.
It's gonna be the hardest element known to man when you inbred bucktooth freaks are gone

>>519190499
yeah I meant block when I said shut down.

>>519182677 (OP)
So long gentlemen, it's been fucking horrendous serving with you all.

>>519182785
Sure we'll still be able to browse, but we won't be able to post

>4chan, which has been referred to as the “cesspit of the internet”

This is our fucking pit god damn it just leave us alone.

>>519182677 (OP)
Nothing ever happens. Been coming to this shithole since 2007 and I've been told 4chan is getting shut down or access being restricted every 6 months.
NOTHING EVER HAPPENS

>>519190836
;_;7

>>519182808
The story is "uhhh here are some ugly teenagers or something to goon to, enjoy!"

already bypassing their shit daily. if it gets worse people will stop paying for internet and frankly i will too and just start hacking. idgaf anymore, no one asked for this just blair and his WEF cronies.

>>519182677 (OP)
Many bongs are based. I'll miss them.

>>519190836
you’ll be fiiine. some proxy site will pop up and you’ll be able to post via there. they exist, you can pick whatever flag you want too. boomers/jews have no clue how networks operate

>>519182677 (OP)
>5 eyes are going to cut off part of their honeypot
How many days until this "organization" is told to shut it down?

i remember throwing the link for websites into google translate, set it to translate to English, and essentially browse blocked websites at school. there is always a work around.

>>519190907
Yeah, I just don't understand the logic. Do they think by banning 4chan that the British users are going to magically be like "well, time to go be a normalfag with normie opinions now" instead of just spending the time they would have spent on 4chan shitposting on other websites?

>>519182677 (OP)

Seriously - how do I get around this?

Tor does not work

>>519190907
>“cesspit of the internet”
>majority jews spamming Israeli propaganda

Makes sense

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>>519182677 (OP)
RULE SHITANNIA
SHITANNIA RULE THE GRAVES

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welp was nice knowing you bongs

>>519191828
inshallah you don't

>>519182677 (OP)
Can you do us a favor and commit suicide when that happens?

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>>519182942
I've recently come back to 4chan. But if it has become people copy pasting from slop bots then it's time for this site to die.

>>519182677 (OP)
I don't care. But you should really do something about the 89 trillion that you owe those indians,

>>519182677 (OP)
Good riddance

if you hadn't read the tea leaves back in 2014 and left the UK and EU permanently I dunno what to tell you

>>519190223
I want whats in that refrigerator and what's in front of it too

>>519182677 (OP)
I dont understand.. Why is the UK banning a mongolian basket weaving forum?

>>519191754
They really are that retarded. The truth is this is a containment zone

>>519199858
They fear dissenting opinions would cause bongs to revolt against their oppressors, they're not wrong

>>519190499
desu its so weird that the eu has twitter and meta by the balls but with 4chan they are as liberal as it gets

maybe its because 4chan isnt as big?

>>519191754
>Do they think by banning 4chan that the British users are going to magically be like "well, time to go be a normalfag with normie opinions now"
I think the point is to control public opinion and make it seem like there is no opposition to the government position.

>>519182677 (OP)
Where's her tail?

>>519182848
It has jack shit to do with starmer when the exact same rules have just been set in motion in 27 EU countries and are expected to work at some point next year, with more Digital ID shit being promised at June 2026 latest.

The way I assess this situation other than people's retarded "ZOG" conspiracy, is that governments want this pretty desperately since Trump 2.0, because they're concerned he really is a Putin asset, and that with the Elon takeover of Twitter and more, it's become obvious to governments that the US is actively using the internet as a propaganda machine to make Corporations the new government. That genuinely threatens government-governments around the world, so now they wanna quell large parts of the internet before its influence replaces true governments with private companies, "technofeudalists" as Yanis Varoufakis calls them.

That's what Palantir is, and X is meant to be the "everything-platform" and so was Zuckerberg's Metaverse. Instead of Digital ID you'd have those things, and they would be more powerful than governments.

So now governments are going rage mode against both the companies and us, who use them, and along the way they get to shut down things they already didn't like, like 4chan, and illegal stuff online.

>>519182677 (OP)
>Get caught using 4chins without a VPN and so the glowies send minorities and lefties to rip you apart

>>519200601
She doesn't want one. It scares her.

I'm going to reddit. Who is with me?

>>519203741
OPs a faggot like you, I'm sure he will join you.

Ginger........ GINGER!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>519190902
There are ton of VPNs that can post on 4chan. Also you can setup and use OpenVPN

>>519204529
Actually a faggot is someone who likes men. That would be you.

I imagine Britanons will scatter to the various alt-chans, like happened during the hack.
The censorship here is shit anyway.
The most interesting threads quickly get archived or deleted.

Reminder the UK is the new china, whatever they test out on us, they will ultimately do to you as well

>>519182677 (OP)
>>519205427
Who the fuck is this chick? I know the face and I can't place her.

>>519205861
If you beat them you save all of us, don't you wanna be a hero?

>>519207373
Brigitte Fitzgerald

>>519208637
Thanks, bong. No musket balls headed your way today.

>>519191103
Even if a solution comes up most people aren't gonna know about it. Most are just gonna leave and even if they browse here without posting it's unlikely anyones gonna mention it much. so there's not gonna be any way to inform the bongs about it