Comment on 4chan fined $26K for refusing to assess risks under UK Online Safety Act
9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 1 day agoTheir payment processor is operating in the UK though. 4chan isn’t refusing money from UK residents. It is accepting their payments.
NiHaDuncan@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
4Chan doesn’t have their own personal payment processor that they’re responsible for. They’re tied into processors like stripe and accept all payments that make it to them on the US side. So long as it is legal, which is typically the only way that a payment actually goes through as processors refuse the obviously illegal cases like encompassing embargoes. If the UK doesn’t want payments going to 4chan through a processor that operates in their country, it’s on them to stop the payment processor on their end.
The UK knows this, the fines are just one step towards them petitioning processors.