If 4chan continues to ignore Ofcom, the forum could be blocked in the UK. And 4chan could face even bigger fines totaling about $23 million or 10 percent of 4chan’s worldwide turnover, whichever is higher. 4chan also faces potential arrest and/or "imprisonment for a term of up to two years," the lawsuit said.

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[–] 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child)

It's an interesting idea that countries could only fine websites that operate in said country. Could get away with a lot by finding a permissive country to do what would otherwise be illegal and worth of fines.

"Selling user's private information illegally? Buddy, Tuvalo don't care"

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    Nope lol, countries definitely try to fine websites not operated in the same country. Sometimes they're just not succesful

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