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Comment on The Ofcom Tea Party: 4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence, British regulator claims “sovereign immunity” to defend itself – and sovereign powers to regulate foreign companies

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sorghum@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Yeah, I don’t think you really understand how the internet works. Their presence is in the country where their servers are. People from the UK essentially go to another country to visit 4chan. If the UK doesn’t like that the onus should be on them to block that access, but that is also a stupid idea thanks to VPNs.

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FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Their income is derived from the UK users. They can either block the UK traffic (which they don’t want as it would mean less money) or engage with the regulator regarding harmful contents they have been fined for:

The controversial online forum 4chan risks being blocked in the UK after refusing to pay a fine from Ofcom for breaking [rules set by the Online Safety Act]).

The website, which hosts adult content, was handed a £20,000 for failing to share information about the risk of illegal content on its platform.

Media watchdog Ofcom said action would be taken against companies that “flagrantly fails to engage with Ofcom and their duties under the Online Safety Act”.

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- sorghum@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Does the UK think they have jurisdiction over my server just because some twat from the UK visits my site? If so, there’s a reason why we fought a war nearly 250 years ago that said that a stupid fucking idea. Colonialism is a dead ideology
  
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  - FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    
    Does the UK think they have jurisdiction over my server just because some twat from the UK visits my site?
    
    Yes. You are providing services to the UK users and deriving income from these services.
    
    If so, there’s a reason why we fought a war nearly 250 years ago
    
    Get used to it. Apple get fined by the EU multiple times, Microsoft also from memory lost some cases in the EU despite lack of physical presence.
    
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    sorghum@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Apple also sells a physical product in the UK. Microsoft and Apple both sell a virtual service/product in the UK. 4chan only gets revenue from you looking at posters and clicking those posters on their website.
    
    UK can get fucking bent. Come and take it.
    
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