RE: LeoThread 2025-08-27 12:19
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4chan launches legal action against UK #censorship
Online forums «4chan» and «Kiwi Farms» have filed a #legal case against the #UK «Online #Safety Act» (OSA) enforcer, #Ofcom. They seek a #ban on the UK #regulator enforcing or attempting to enforce that 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
A service doesn't have to be based in the UK to be subject to the act. But #4chan's lawyers want the US court to rule that US businesses with no presence in the UK are not subject to British legislation, and that the OSA is at odds with the US constitution's free speech protections
Lawyers for 4chan have recently told the BBC that Ofcom had provisionally decided to impose a £20,000 fine "with daily #penalties thereafter" for failing to comply with 2 requests for information
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