4chan lancia un’azione legale contro Ofcom negli Stati Uniti
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyjq40vjl7o.amp
di libtin
4chan lancia un’azione legale contro Ofcom negli Stati Uniti
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyjq40vjl7o.amp
di libtin
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Going after 4Chan may have seemed like an easy target but it’s a very different beast now than it was for the first few years after launch.
As a collective they have very deep pockets and frankly they are all up for the fight if it leads to a Streisand moment.
Still, at least the US Government is in lockstep with the U.K. on this /s
Good luck trying to impose UK law on US citizens/companies.
Seems like an easy win for 4chan here.
The government decides continuing making the country a laughing stock is better than losing face by admitting the OSA is a trainwreck and sacking Peter Kyle.
Considering their entire argument is “UK laws don’t apply in the US”, I’m not sure why they think Ofcom would take any notice of a US court judgement (which, by the same logic, doesn’t apply in the UK).
I dont think a US court would even hear this, ofcom aren’t represented in the US therefore they don’t have jurisdiction. And a court is not a venue to provide legal advice or interpretation.
The UK can’t enforce a UK law on a US entity, but it can apply its own laws. If 4chan doesnt choose to comply then the remedy is in the UK, and all that happens is it will be enforced on them.
The regulation says if you serve UK customers in the UK you have to comply with the law. 4chan can either choose to exclude the UK from its services and therefore exempt itself or the UK can bar them. Which is the next step and theres then effectively a charge to restore it. Which is legal in the UK, as it is in the US where other laws do the same thing.
Whatever happens, because it’s 4chan, this is going to be some strange chapter for the UK. That’s for sure.
If 4chan ends up saving free speach in the UK i will be bemused
I can just see a bunch of 4chan hackers getting root access into Ofcom severs and doxxing everyone who has scanned their ugly mug to fap to some Bonnie blue filth.
It’s kind of tragically inspiring that people think logic and principles and freedom are legal positions. In the UK there is only the will of parliament no matter how illogical, unprincipled or fascist.