Comment on 4chan fined $26K for refusing to assess risks under UK Online Safety Act

Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Harvey656@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They do, at least a little. You can pay for a subscription to get rid of the captcha before posting.

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  • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    At least a little?

    According to this article they pull in 230 million a year. For a shitty forum that looks like it’s run on 1995 tech

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    • Buckshot@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It doesn’t say that. The potential fine the higher of 23M or 10%. Not that 23M is 10%

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    • Harvey656@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s all of moolah for/from internet trolls. Though I imagine that those servers aren’t cheap either.

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