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4chan fined $26K for refusing to assess risks under UK Online Safety Act (arstechnica.com)
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If 4chan continues to ignore Ofcom, the forum could be blocked in the UK. And 4chan could face even bigger fines totaling about $23 million or 10 percent of 4chan’s worldwide turnover, whichever is higher. 4chan also faces potential arrest and/or "imprisonment for a term of up to two years," the lawsuit said.

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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

4chan also faces potential arrest and/or "imprisonment for a term of up to two years," the lawsuit said.

I wanna see how a website would be sent to jail.

[-] biggeoff@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Clearly they're after the notorious hacker known as 4chan

[-] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

All 4 of them face charges.

[-] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

If they live in China, good luck figuring iut which of the Chans there are these four.

[-] sleen@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

I see you never downloaded a car before.

[-] Cybersteel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

They could go after the owner. I believe he lives in Japan, all the UK has to do is send an extradition request to the Japanese government, bing bang boom all done.

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