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

• 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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    • FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      UK can get fucking bent. Come and take it.

      I assure you this is what will happen. If 4chan won’t pay the fine, they will be blocked in the UK by the Internet service providers (as this is the next step in the process). They will then see that non compliance with Ofcom decision is significantly more expensive than compliance.

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      • dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        How are they going to collect? Extradite to pay a fine?

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      • Nindelofocho@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You’re deluded if you think the UK is going to get a cent from 4chan. The most they can do is direc their ISPs to block 4chan IPs but that wont stop people from tunneling to the site. Thats all they have the legal jurisdiction to do like it or not

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      • sorghum@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        they will be blocked in the UK

        This is the only real solution, and it’s a inconvenient one at best to surfers thanks to solutions like VPN.

        Can’t stop the signal

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      • Shivering6658@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Go lick boot elsewhere UKian colonialist turd

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